Some hatchet wasps (Hymenoptera, Evaniidae) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 310-316

  Zhang, Haichun ^a,b   Rasnitsyn, A P ^c,d   Wang, Dejin ^e   Zhang, Yutao ^f  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy   (China)

^c PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e DAQING OILFIELD CO LTD   (China)

^f PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

Author keywords

China; Evaniidae; Hymenoptera; New species; Yixian Formation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; WASP;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; YIXIAN;

EOVERNEVANIA; EVANIIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 34247639901     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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