1. New species of belytine and diapriine wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Eocene Baltic amber
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Lars Vilhelmsen, Manuel Brazidec, Géosciences Rennes (GR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Invertebrate Department, Zoological Museum, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, and University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)
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Bartonian-Priabonian ,Diapriinae ,Insecta ,Arthropoda ,Cenozoic ,Biodiversity ,Hymenoptera ,fossil record ,Diapriidae ,ddc:590 ,Animalia ,Belytinae ,[SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy - Abstract
International audience; The fossil diversity of Diapriidae in Baltic amber, dated Upper Eocene, has been poorly investigated. However, some studies suggest that this family was already diversified at this time. This is supported by our present study of the Baltic amber collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, from which we describe and figure ten new species belonging to the subfamilies Belytinae: Belyta knudhoejgaardi sp. nov., Cinetus breviscapus sp. nov., Cinetus elongatus sp. nov., Pantoclis globosa sp. nov., Pantolyta augustinusii sp. nov., Pantolyta chemyrevae sp. nov., Pantolyta similis sp. nov.; and Diapriinae: Basalys villumi sp. nov., Doliopria baltica sp. nov. and Spilomicrus succinalis sp. nov. The diversity of extant genera observed leads us to propose an origin in the early Cenozoic for these taxa. The fossil record of the Diapriidae in Baltic amber is also summarized.
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- 2022