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An orussid wood wasp in amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Orussidae)

2008; Kansas Academy of Science; Volume: 111; Issue: 1 & 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1660/0022-8443(2008)111[39

ISSN

1938-5420

Autores

Michael S. Engel,

Tópico(s)

Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Resumo

The first Dominican amber fossil of the parasitoid family Orussidae (Euhymenoptera: Orussomorpha) is described and figured from a single individual preserved in Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic. Ophrynopus peritus Engel, new species, is the first orussid fossil described from Tertiary amber and the first species documented from the West Indies.

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