A new lineage of enigmatic diaprioid wasps in Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea). (American Museum novitates, no. 3771)
| dc.contributor.author | Engel, Michael S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ortega-Blanco, Jaime. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Soriano, Carmen, Dr., 1976- | |
| dc.contributor.author | Grimaldi, David A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Martinez-Delclos, Xavier. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-20T15:51:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-20T15:51:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-03-20 | |
| dc.description | 23 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A new family of microhymenopteran wasps is described and figured from three new species discovered in Cretaceous amber of Spain (Albian) and New Jersey (Turonian). Spathiopterygidae Engel and Ortega-Blanco, new family, is allied to the Diapriidae and Maamingidae (Proctotrupomorpha: Diaprioidea), sharing with these families putatively derived features relative to Monomachidae. The family contains three genera and three species, all new: Spathiopteryx alavarommopsis Engel and Ortega-Blanco, new genus and species, and Myamaropsis turolensis Engel and Ortega-Blanco, new genus and species, both from the early Cretaceous (Albian) of Spain, and Spathopria sayrevillensis Engel, Ortega-Blanco, and Grimaldi, new genus and species, from the late Cretaceous (Turonian) of New Jersey. Spathopria sayrevillensis is reconstructed using X-ray synchrotron microtomography. In addition, a peculiar new genus and species, Iberopria perialla Engel, Ortega-Blanco, and Delclòs, of stem-group Diapriidae is described from Spanish amber. The distinctive features and character combinations of these taxa are discussed in connection with possible relationships to the surviving lineages of diaprioids. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6423 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Museum of Natural History. | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | American Museum novitates, no. 3771. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Spathiopteryx alavarommopsis. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Myamaropsis turolensis. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Spathopria sayrevillensis. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Iberopria perialla. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Diapriidae. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Diaprioidea. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wasps. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wasps, Fossil. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Amber fossils. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Spain. | en_US |
| dc.subject | New Jersey. | en_US |
| dc.title | A new lineage of enigmatic diaprioid wasps in Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea). (American Museum novitates, no. 3771) | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | New family of Cretaceous wasps. | en_US |