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Issue: Vol. 6 No. 3: June 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.3.14
Page range: 313–320
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Description of a new fossil genus of conifer sawfly (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) revealed by UV light

Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France
College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France; Univ. Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, F-35000 Rennes, France; CNRS, UMR 5554 Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
Hymenoptera Diprionidae Insecta Tenthredinoidea Monocteninae Cenozoic sp. nov.

Abstract

Oligomonoctenus neytiriae gen. et sp. nov., the second fossil representative of the family Diprionidae from the uppermost Oligocene of Aix-en-Provence, France, is described on the basis of a well-preserved compression fossil. It is compared to the other extant and fossil diprionid genera. Its morphology and wing venation support placement in the subfamily Monocteninae. Paleomonoctenus patriciae, the other diprionid described from the same paleolake, also belongs to the Monocteninae. On the other hand, the Eocene-Lower Oligocene genus Eodiprion would be attributable to the Diprioninae but needs revision. This discovery suggests that the two diprionid subfamilies were already present and diversified during the Eocene-Oligocene.

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