A new fossil ichneumon wasp from the Lowermost Eocene amber of Paris Basin (France), with a checklist of fossil Ichneumonoidea s.l. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae)

Authors

  • Jean-Jacques Menier 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
  • Alain Waller Laboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
  • Gaėl De Ploëg Laboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/105.000001638

Keywords:

Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae. n. gen., n. sp. , Eocene amber, France, List of fossil species

Abstract

We describe a new fossil genus and species Palaeometopius eocenicus of Ichneumonidae Metopiinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera), from the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin. A list of the described fossil Ichneumonidae is proposed.

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