The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic

By

Engel, Michael S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

13

Pages

57-66

Subjects

Chalcidoidea , Leptofoeninae , Leptofoenus , Pteromalidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.13.159

 

Abstract

The first fossil of the pteromalid subfamily Leptofoeninae Handlirsch is documented. Leptofoenus pittfieldae sp. n. is described and figured from a single male preserved in Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic.  The fossil is compared with its modern congeners and comments generally provided on the taxonomy of the subfamily, including a key to the two genera.