Aphanostephanus janzeni Engel 2005 (crown wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Stephanidae

Alternative combination: Electrostephanus janzeni

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2005. The crown wasp genus Electrostephanus (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae): discovery of the female and a new species. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 74:317-332

Belongs to Aphanostephanus according to S. X. Ge and J. L. Tan 2023

See also Engel 2005 and Li et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KU-NHM-ENT B-158, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Kansas SEMC Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Kansas SEMC Collection)

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