New wasps of †Falsiformicidae from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber

By

Wang, Zhen
Rasnit︠s︡yn, A. P. (Aleksandr Pavlovich)
Perkovsky, Evgeny E.
Vilhelmsen, Lars
Gao, Taiping

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

98

Pages

1--18

Subjects

Cenomanian , Kachin amber , key to genera and species , morphological characters , 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.98.136200

 

Abstract

Two new species of the family †Falsiformicidae Rasnitsyn, 1975, Siccibythus robustussp. nov. and Siccibythus aristovisp. nov., are described from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber based on three well-preserved specimens. The new species belongs to †Siccibythus Cockx & McKellar, 2016, based on the elongate pronotum and fore wing with cells 2+3rm and 3r not enclosed with tubular veins. We summarize the diversity and distribution for all species of †Falsiformicidae and provide a revised key to the family. These new findings enhance the diversity of †Falsiformicidae in Kachin amber.