The extinct wasp family Serphitidae in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Hymenoptera)

Authors

  • Michael S. Engel Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
  • Vincent Perrichot CNRS UMR 6118 Géosciences & Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers de Rennes, Université Rennes 1, 263 avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes, France, and University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/PC.1808.15990

Abstract

A new species of the extinct genus Serphites Brues (Proctotrupomorpha: Bipetiolarida: Serphitidae) is described from two individuals preserved in Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Santonian) amber from Vendée, northwestern France. Serphites fannyae n. sp., is distinguished from its congeners and brief comments are made on the significance of finding a serphitid wasp in Vendean amber as well as potential character polarities in the family Serphitidae.

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2014-12-01

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No. 10 (2014)

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How to Cite

Engel, Michael S., and Vincent Perrichot. 2014. “The Extinct Wasp Family Serphitidae in Late Cretaceous Vendean Amber (Hymenoptera)”. Paleontological Contributions, no. 10 (December): 46-51. https://doi.org/10.17161/PC.1808.15990.