At the dawn of megadiversity – Protoitidae, a new family of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber

The earliest representatives of Chalcidoidea are described from Barremian age Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber and classified in Protoitidae Ulmer & Krogmann, fam. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Protoitidae exhibits a high morphological diversity of the terminal metasomal tergum which...

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Main Authors: Jonah M. UImer, Petr Janšta, Dany Azar, Lars Krogmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-10-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/105494/download/pdf/