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Issue: Vol. 5715 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.25
Page range: 272-279
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A new fossil species Firkantus storozhenkoi Manukyan, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from the Eocene Baltic amber, with a key to Baltic amber Pimplinae

Kaliningrad Amber Museum; Kaliningrad; Kaliningrad Prov.; Russia
Kaliningrad Amber Museum; Kaliningrad; Kaliningrad Prov.; Russia
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; St Petersburg; Russia
Hymenoptera Darwin wasps descriptions new species taxonomy Paleogene

Abstract

A new species, Firkantus storozhenkoi Manukyan, sp. nov., is described from the late Eocene Baltic amber. A key to five fossil species of Pimplinae known from the Baltic amber is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Manukyan, A.R., Smirnova, A.V. & Sinelschikova, A.Y. (2025) A new fossil species Firkantus storozhenkoi Manukyan, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from the Eocene Baltic amber, with a key to Baltic amber Pimplinae. Zootaxa, 5715 (1), 272–279. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.25