The Cretaceous scelionid genus Proteroscelio Brues (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea)

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3603

By

Johnson, Norman F.

Musetti, Luciana
Masner, Lubomir

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2008

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"April 9, 2008."

The genus Proteroscelio Brues is redescribed and P. gravatus, n. sp., is described from Lebanese amber (Aptian age, 112-122 mya). The relationships between Proteroscelio and other scelionids is discussed. The described species of fossil platygastroids are tabulated. The taxa represented by the unavailable names "Eopteromalites fushunensis" Hong, "Leptogasterites brunneus" Hong, "L. furvus" Hong, and "Sinilongicapito guchengziensis" Hong, recently described from Fushun, Liaoning, China (50 mya), should all be classified as scelionids. The replacement name Sinoprotelenomus Zhang n. name is proposed for Protelenomus Zhang, 1989 (preoccupied by Protelenomus Kieffer, 1906).

Subjects

Amber fossils , Cretaceous , Lebanon , Paleontology , Proteroscelio , Wasps, Fossil

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3603 2008

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2008)3603[1:TCSGPB]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 222277040