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Issue: Vol. 5737 No. 1: 22 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5737.1.4
Page range: 96-104
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A new ismarid wasp (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber

A.A. Borissiak Palaeontological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; 117647 Moscow; Russia.; Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences; Universitetskaya Emb. 1; St Petersburg 199034; Russia.
A.A. Borissiak Palaeontological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; 117647 Moscow; Russia.; Invertebrate Paleontology Department; Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; London SW7 5BD; United Kingdom.
Hymenoptera Proctotrupomorpha Ismaridae Diapriidae taxonomy Mesozoic Myanmar

Abstract

The first undoubted discovery of a parasitoid ismarid wasp from Cenomanian Kachin amber is presented here. A new genus and species, Thyburia christophi gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated, based on a female holotype. The family Ismaridae is synonymised with the family Diapriidae and is considered here as the subfamily Ismarinae. The taxonomy of ismarids and the diagnosis of the subfamily Ismarinae are clarified and discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Chemyreva, V.G. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. (2025) A new ismarid wasp (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Zootaxa, 5737 (1), 96–104. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5737.1.4