Fig wasps in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Dominican amber fig wasps

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3541

By

Peñalver, Enrique

Engel, Michael S.
Grimaldi, David A.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2006

Notes

Caption title.

"December 7, 2006."

The fauna of fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae: Agaoninae) preserved in early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic is reported. Three species are described, representing both of the exclusively neotropical genera Tetrapus Mayr and Pegoscapus Cameron: Tetrapus delclosi Peñalver and Engel, new species, T. apopnus Peñalver and Engel, new species, and Pegoscapus peritus Peñalver and Engel, new species. All are described and figured based on females that are exquisitely preserved. The species are distinguished from each other as well as from modern relatives.

Subjects

Agaonidae , Amber fossils , Dominican Republic , Fig wasp , Insects, Fossil , Miocene , Paleontology , Pegoscapus peritus , Tetrapus apopnus , Tetrapus delclosi , Wasps, Fossil

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3541 2006

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3541[1:FWIDAH]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 76951688