False fairy wasps in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Hymenoptera: Mymarommatoidea)

Palaeontology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 511-523

  Ortega Blanco, Jaime ^a   Peñalver, Enrique ^b   Delclòs, Xavier ^a   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; Insecta; Mymarommatoidea; Spain

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; AMBER; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; WASP;

SPAIN;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYMAROMMATIDAE; MYMAROMMATOIDEA;

EID: 79955972056     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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