Anoblepsis, a new, bizarre braconid wasp genus in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 368-372

  Engel, Michael S ^a   Bennett, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amber; Braconidae; Ichneumonoidea; Paleontology; Taxonomy; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

AMBER; BURDIGALIAN; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; WASP;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONOIDEA; MASONA; MASONINAE;

EID: 77749243520     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/802.02.1     Document Type: Article

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