Insecta - Hymenoptera

Full reference: L. Vilhelmsen, H. Nakamine, and S. Yamamoto. 2025. Taxonomic names, in An insect † Archaeopteryx : Cretaceous amber fossil elucidates the evolution of complex host detection and ovipositor mechanisms in parasitoid woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Orussoidea). Systematic Entomology 50:630-645

Parent taxon: Orussoidea according to L. Vilhelmsen et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Burmorussidae, Mesorussinae, Orussidae, Paroryssidae, Karatavitidae

Subtaxa: Cretovelona orussopteryx

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Type: Cretovelona orussopteryx

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hokkaido University SEHU collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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