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New ceraphronoid wasps in Cretaceous and Cenozoic ambers from Lebanon, New Jersey, and India (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: New parasitoid wasps of the superfamily Ceraphronoidea are systematically described and figured in various Cretaceous and Cenozoic ambers, ranging in age from Barremian (Early Cretaceous) to Ypresian (early Eocene). A new family, putatively a stem group to Megaspilidae + Ceraphronidae, is described from a single female in Barremian amber from Lebanon. Ceospilidae n. fam., currently including only the type genus and species — Ceospilus phoenicius n. gen., n. sp. — are distinguished from other ceraphronoids. Two new species of Megaspilidae are described: Conostigmus novacaesarea n. sp. from the Turonian amber of New Jersey, USA and Dendrocerus ypresicus n. sp. from the Ypresian amber of Gujarat, India.

Source: Palaeoworld

DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.200993

Author: Michael S. Engel

Institution: American Museum of Natural History

Language: English

Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,000

Funder: American Museum of Natural History