A new bethylid wasp from the Lowermost Eocene amber of France (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Bethylinae)

Authors

  • Gaėl De Ploëg Laboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
  • André Nel Laboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/105.000001637

Keywords:

Insecta, Hymenoptera, Bethylidae. gen. and sp. n., French amber, Phylogeny

Abstract

Protobethylus eocenicus, new genus and species of Bethylidae: Bethylinae, is described from the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin (France). Anew phylogenetic analysis of the bethyline genera is proposed. Although having superficial similarities with the habitus of Lytopsenella and Eupsenella; Protobethylus is more derived than these basal genera.

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2004-01-11

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