The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2009
Authors:M. Engel
Journal:ZooKeys
Volume:13
Pagination:57-66
Abstract:

T e fi rst fossil of the pteromalid subfamily Leptofoeninae Handlirsch is documented. Leptofoenus pit- tfi eldae sp. n. is described and fi gured from a single male preserved in Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic. T e fossil is compared with its modern congeners and comments generally provided on the taxonomy of the subfamily, including a key to the two genera.

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