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Issue: Vol. 4442 No. 2: 2 Jul. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.8
Page range: 319–330
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New ichneumonids (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Eocene Tadushi Formation, Russian Far East

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 123, Moscow, 117997 Russia. Cherepovets State University, Lunacharskogo 5, Cherepovets, Vologda Region, 162600 Russia
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstr. 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Bernastr. 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland.
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstr. 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Bernastr. 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland.
Early Eocene Yushangou Pimplinae Crusopimpla Dolichomitus phylogeny fossil insects new taxa Hymenoptera

Abstract

Ichneumonidae constitute one of the largest families of organisms, but their fossil record is severely understudied, which precludes inferences about their early evolutionary history. We here describe a new genus and two new species of ichneumonids from the Early Eocene Tadushi Formation (Russian Far East). The new taxa are Crusopimpla tadushensis gen. et sp. nov. and Dolichomitus? saxeus sp. nov. Pimpla rediviva (Brues) is redescribed and placed in the genus Crusopimpla. This new genus is unique within Pimplinae in having a completely developed propodeal carination and probably represents one of its most basal lineages. Using a phylogenetic hypothesis of the subfamily, we discuss potential pathways of morphological evolution in the group, which will provide a basis for future placement of pimpline fossil taxa.

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