The earliest fossil record of pelecinid wasps (Inseta: Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) from Inner Mongolia, China

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-38

  Shih, Chungkun ^a   Liu, Chenxi ^a   Ren, Dong ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Jiulongshan Formation; Middle Jurassic; Palaeoentomology; Pelecinidae

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENTOMOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; WASP;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

HYMENOPTERA; PELECINIDAE; PROCTOTRUPOIDEA;

EID: 58949093758     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0103     Document Type: Article

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