Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sepulcidae
Full reference: C. Jouault and A. Nel. 2021. A new species of Prosyntexis Sharkey, 1990 (Hymenoptera: Sepulcidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil confirmed by geometric morphometric analysis. Palaeoentomology 4:171-177
Belongs to Prosyntexis according to C. Jouault and A. Nel 2021
Sister taxa: Prosyntexis antennata, Prosyntexis aristovi, Prosyntexis gobiensis, Prosyntexis gouleti, Prosyntexis lata, Prosyntexis montsecensis, Prosyntexis okhotensis
Type specimen: MHNE 18.036, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (MHNE collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (MHNE collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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