Discovery and description of the first known fossil Signiphoridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)

By

Burks, Roger A.
Woolley, James Braden
Kesbeh, Shroq
Eldridge, Devon S.
Dal Molin, Anamaria
Heraty, John

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

77

Pages

219--226

Subjects

Baltic amber , extinct , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.77.53307

 

Abstract

Chartocerus azizaesp. nov. is described as the first known fossil from the family Signiphoridae, based on two inclusions in the same piece of Eocene Baltic amber (36.7–48.5 million years ago). Implications of the morphology of C. azizae are discussed, indicating that it should be placed in Chartocerus.