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Issue: Vol. 3274 No. 1: 20 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3274.1.3
Page range: 29–35
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of the male of Megalava truncata Perrichot (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae) in Early Cretaceous amber from El Soplao (Spain)

Departament d’Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franqués s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
CNRS UMR 6118 Géosciences and Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers de Rennes, Université Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu bât. 15, 263 avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
Departament d’Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franqués s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
Hymenoptera Mesozoic amber wasps Megalyroidea taxonomy Spain

Abstract

A new fossil of megalyrid wasp recently discovered in Early Cretaceous (Albian) amber from El Soplao (Cantabria, Spain) isdescribed as the male of Megalava truncata Perrichot, 2009, originally described from Peñacerrada I (= Moraza) amber (Bur-gos, Spain). The new specimen permits a more thorough description of the genus Megalava, which was established originallyfrom a single, fragmentary specimen lacking the metasoma, and also permits a discussion on the characters of phylogenetic value for the clade [Megazar + Megalava].

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