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A dryinid wasp in Early Eocene amber from the Paris basin (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)

CNRS UMR 5143, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F–75005 Paris, France
CNRS UMR 5143, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F–75005 Paris, France
CNRS UMR 5143, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F–75005 Paris, France
Hymenoptera Insecta Dryinidae new species Earliest Eocene amber Paris basin France

Abstract

Pseudodryinus parisiensis sp. n., is described from the Earliest Eocene French amber. The potential relationships of the new species are discussed. The present discovery supports the important differences between the French and Baltic Eocene ambers.

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