A new genus and species of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Hkamti ‘mid–Cretaceous’ Burmese amber

Corentin Jouault (1) , Vincent Perrichot (1) , André Nel (2)

1 GR - Géosciences Rennes
2 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

Protobelyta monsirei gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of belytine wasp (Diapriidae: Belytinae), is described from a female preserved in ‘mid–Cretaceous’ Burmese (Albian–Cenomanian) amber from Hkamti. The new fossil is the first description of the family in Burmese amber and one of the oldest known Belytinae, providing evidence for the antiquity of modern diapriid lineages.

Keywords: Apocrita; Hymenoptera; Belytinae; Hkamti amber; Cretaceous; Diapriidae

Domains: Paleontology; Biodiversity

Corentin Jouault, Vincent Perrichot, André Nel. A new genus and species of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Hkamti ‘mid–Cretaceous’ Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research, 2020, 115, pp.104533. ⟨10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104533⟩. ⟨insu-02865353⟩