†Cretovelona orussopteryx Vilhelmsen et al. 2025 (wood wasp)
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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
Belongs to Cretovelona according to L. Vilhelmsen et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SEHU-0000121239, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hokkaido University SEHU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hokkaido University SEHU collection)
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