Descriptions of two new Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) ensign wasp genera (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from Lebanese amber

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-516

  Deans, Andrew R ^a   Basibuyuk, Hasan H ^b   Azar, Dany ^c,d   Nel, André ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Amber; Eovernevania; Evaniidae; Lebanon; Lower Cretaceous; Lowermost Aptian; Protoparevania; Valanginian Hauterivian

Indexed keywords

AMBER; CRETACEOUS; NEW GENUS; WASP;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EVANIIDAE; EVANIOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 3442892729     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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