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Vespoidea
About: Vespoidea is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1365 publications have been published within this topic receiving 11769 citations.
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01 Mar 2018
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TL;DR: The first Mesozoic and currently oldest fossil of the wasp family Pompilidae is described and figured from a female preserved in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma) and Bryopompilus interfector is distinguished from other fossil and living spider wasps.
Abstract: The first Mesozoic and currently oldest fossil of the wasp family Pompilidae (Aculeata: Euaculeata: Vespoidea) is described and figured from a female preserved in mid-Cretaceous (Albian) amber from Myanmar (Burma). Bryopompilus interfector, new genus and species, is distinguished from other fossil and living spider wasps and placed in the new tribe Bryopompilini. The sparse geological record of spider wasps is briefly reviewed and the current classification of the family outlined, with the spelling of three family-group names corrected—Cordyloscelidini, Eidopompilini, and Deuterageniini.
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