New Stigmaphronidae and Megaspilidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) from Canadian Cretaceous amber

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 794-805

  McKellar, Ryan C ^a   Engel, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Campanian; Cedar Lake; Evaniomorpha; Grassy Lake; Proctotrupomorpha; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMBER; CAMPANIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INSECT; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CEDAR LAKE; GRASSY LAKE; MANITOBA;

CERAPHRONOIDEA; CONOSTIGMUS; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASPILIDAE; STIGMAPHRONIDAE;

EID: 80051793200     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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