Tichostephanus kachinensis Wang et al. 2024 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Gasteruptiidae

Full reference: Z. Wang, L. Vilhelmsen, A. P. Rasnitsyn and T. Gao. 2024. Taxonomic names, in Specialized ovipositor sensilla of Cretaceous wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera) possibly reveal a unique way of host detection. Cladistics 40:526-537

Belongs to Tichostephanus according to Z. Wang et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Tichostephanus hui, Tichostephanus longus, Tichostephanus qinshubao, Tichostephanus yuchijingde

Type specimen: CNU-HYM-MA-2014050, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Huxuan Paleontology Art Museum collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Huxuan Paleontology Art Museum collection)

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