Rhapidogyna prima Rosa and Melo 2024 (apoid wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Temnogynidae

Alternative combination: Rhabdogyna prima

Full reference: B. B. Rosa and G. A. R. Melo. 2024. Temnogynidae fam. nov., a new fossil family of apoid wasps from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 68(e20240031)

Belongs to Rhapidogyna according to B. B. Rosa and G. A. R. Melo 2024

See also Rosa and Melo 2024

Sister taxa: Rhapidogyna elongata, Rhapidogyna festiva

Type specimen: DZUP Bur-2228, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Universidad Federal do ParanĂ¡ DZUP coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Universidad Federal do ParanĂ¡ DZUP coll)

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