A new family of ceraphronoid wasps from early cretaceous Álava Amber, Spain

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-276

  Ortega Blanco, Jaime ^a   Rasnitsyn, Alexander P ^b,c   Delclòs, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albian; Amber; Basque Country; Ceraphronoidea; Hymenoptera; Radiophronidae; Spain

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN; WASP;

ALAVA; BASQUE COUNTRY; CANTABRIAN BASIN; SPAIN;

CERAPHRONIDAE; CERAPHRONOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASPILIDAE; STIGMAPHRONIDAE;

EID: 77952897514     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0014     Document Type: Article

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