The Wasp Family Embolemidae in Early Cretaceous Amber from Spain (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)

Jaime Ortega-Blanco; Xavier Delclòs; Michael S. Engel

doi:10.2317/JKES100628.1

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Jaime Ortega-Blanco,^* Xavier Delclòs,^* Michael S. Engel^**

^*Department d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain (j.ortegablanco@ub.edu; xdelclos@ub.edu).
^**Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66049-2811, USA (msengel@ku.edu).

Abstract

The chrysidoid wasp family Embolemidae (Chrysidoidea: Dryiniformes) is recorded in Early Cretaceous (Albian) amber from Peñacerrada (Spain). Embolemus periallus Ortega-Blanco, Delclòs, and Engel, new species, is the first definitive embolemid in Cretaceous amber and the first definitive record of the family from the Mesozoic. The new taxon is described, illustrated, and compared with its modern counterparts. The geological history of the family is reviewed and the putative placement of the Early Cretaceous genus Baissobius briefly discussed.

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Jaime Ortega-Blanco, Xavier Delclòs, and Michael S. Engel "The Wasp Family Embolemidae in Early Cretaceous Amber from Spain (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)," Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 84(1), 36-42, (1 January 2011). https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES100628.1

Accepted: 1 January 2011; Published: 1 January 2011

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