Proterosceliopsis
Extinct genus of insects / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Proterosceliopsis is an extinct genus of platygastroid parasitic wasp, known from the Mid-Cretaceous of Eurasia. The genus was first described in 2014 from the Albian amber of the Escucha Formation.[1] In 2019 additional species were described from the Cenomanian-age Burmese amber, and was placed into the monotypic family Proterosceliopsidae.[2]
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Proterosceliopsis ambulata in multiple views | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Superfamily: | Platygastroidea |
Family: | †Proterosceliopsidae Talamas et al, 2019 |
Genus: | †Proterosceliopsis Ortega-Blanco, McKellar and Engel, 2014 |
Type species | |
†Proterosceliopsis masneri Ortega-Blanco, McKellar and Engel, 2014 | |
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