Heterosphex Li et al. 2022 (apoid wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cirrosphecidae

Full reference: L. F. Li, B. B. Rosa, G. A. R. Melo and C. K. Shih. 2022. Taxonomic names, in A new wasp genus of Cirrosphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 140(105333)

Parent taxon: Cirrosphecinae according to L. F. Li et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Cirrosphex, Haptodioctes

Subtaxa: Heterosphex wuni

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Type: Heterosphex wuni

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GAU collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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