Serphitid wasps in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Hymenoptera: Serphitidae)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-154

  Ortega Blanco, Jaime ^a   Delclòs, Xavier ^a   Peñalver, Enrique ^b   Engel, Michael S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Albian; Amber; Basque Cantabrian Basin; Maestrat Basin; Proctotrupomorpha; Serphitoidea; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; AMBER; NEW SPECIES; OUTCROP; TAXONOMY; WASP;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; MAESTRAT BASIN; SPAIN;

HYMENOPTERA; MYMAROMMATOIDEA; SERPHITIDAE;

EID: 78951495859     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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