A Diminutive Pelecinid Wasp in Cretaceous Amber from New Jersey (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae)

Michael S. Engel; David A. Grimaldi

doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[291:ADPWIC]2.0.CO;2

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Michael S. Engel,^*,**,*** David A. Grimaldi^**

^*Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Dyche Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7163
^**Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 Street, New York, NY 10024-5192
^****Corrresponding author - msengel@ku.edu

Abstract

The first pelecinid wasp in Cretaceous amber is described and figured from a single male preserved in Turonian (ca. 90 Ma) amber from New Jersey. Henopelecinus pygmaeus, new genus and new species, is most notable for its minute body size (ca. 6.5 mm) and unexpanded sixth metasomal segment. The fossil is compared to other genera of Pelecinidae including those taxa of the controversial extinct “family” Iscopinidae.

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Michael S. Engel and David A. Grimaldi "A Diminutive Pelecinid Wasp in Cretaceous Amber from New Jersey (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae)," Northeastern Naturalist 13(2), 291-297, (1 June 2006). https://doi.org/10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[291:ADPWIC]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 June 2006

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