†Protoita bidentata Ulmer and Krogmann 2023 (chalcid wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Protoitidae
Full reference: J. M. Ulmer and L. Krogmann. 2023. Taxonomic names, in At the dawn of megadiversity - Protoitidae, a new family of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96:879-924
Belongs to Protoita according to J. M. Ulmer and L. Krogmann 2023
Sister taxa: Protoita istvani, Protoita noyesi, Protoita petersi
Type specimen: LU 182, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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