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Issue: Vol. 5352 No. 3: 4 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.3.6
Page range: 426-432
Abstract views: 196
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Discovery of a new extinct spider wasp (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Eocene Rovno amber

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok; 690022; Russia
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok; 690022; Russia
Cherepovets State University; Lunacharsky Prospect 5;Cherepovets; Vologda Region; 162600; Russia.; Paleontological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; Profsoyuznaya 123; Moscow; 117647; Russia
Natural History Museum of Denmark; Universitetsparken 15; Copenhagen; 2100; Denmark
Hymenoptera fossils taxonomy new taxa Pepsinae key

Abstract

Paleogenia waichertae Loktionov, Lelej et Perkovsky, sp. nov. is a new species of extinct spider wasps. This new species is a second record of Pompilidae from Rovno amber, third yet known species of the extinct genus Paleogenia Waichert et Pitts, 2016 and 26th known extinct species of spider wasps. Sex of the holotype of the species Paleogenia indomini Colombo et Waichert, 2023 is clarified (male not female). A key to males of Paleogenia is provided.

 

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