Archaeromma phoenicium Álvarez-Parra et al. 2024 (false fairy wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mymarommatidae

Full reference: S. Álvarez-Parra, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and D. Azar. 2024. The oldest false fairy wasp (Hymenoptera: Mymarommatidae) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Zootaxa 5562:45-55

Belongs to Archaeromma according to S. Álvarez-Parra et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Archaeromma carnifex, Archaeromma chisatoi, Archaeromma gibsoni, Archaeromma hispanicum, Archaeromma japonicum, Archaeromma mandibulatum, Archaeromma masneri, Archaeromma minutissimum, Archaeromma nearcticum, Archaeromma senonicum, Archaeromma trigonokephalion

Type specimen: LU 1701-A, 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)

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