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Holopsenellinae

Description

KEY TO GENERA OF † HOLOPSENELLINAE (MODIFIED FROM ENGEL, 2019) 1. Clypeus with apical margin unmodified; first metasomal tergum without transverse carina.....................2 - Clypeus with apical margin modified and medially emarginate; first metasomal tergum with transverse carina sometimes present [Early Cretaceous (Barremian): Lebanon]...........................................................3 2. Anterior wing margin beyond pterostigma swollen (margin discontinuous); second cubital cell open; pretarsal claws simple (Cenomanian: Myanmar).............................................. Holopsenelliscus Engel, 2019 - Anterior wing margin beyond pterostigma not swollen (margin continuous); second cubital cell closed; pretarsal claws dentate (Santonian: Taimyr amber, Russia).................................. Cretabythus Evans, 1973 3. Antennae with ten flagellomeres; forewings with cell 2R1 short, ending far from wing apex; veins Rs and 2r-rs curved; propodeum with propodeal spines (Cenomanian: Myanmar)................... Holopsenella Engel et al., 2016 - Antennae with 11 flagellomeres; forewings with cell 2R1 elongate, nearly reaching wing apex; veins Rs and 2r-rs straight; propodeum without propodeal spines (Cenomanian: Myanmar)...... Megalopsenella gen. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Jouault, Corentin, Ngô-Muller, Valérie, Pouillon, Jean-Marc & Nel, André, 2021, New Burmese amber fossils clarify the evolution of bethylid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), pp. 1044-1058 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191 (4) on page 1051, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa078, http://zenodo.org/record/4681287

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References

  • Engel MS. 2019. A holopsenelline wasp in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Palaeoentomology 2: 199 - 204.
  • Evans HE. 1973. Cretaceous aculeate wasps from Taimyr, Siberia (Hymenoptera). Psyche 80: 166 - 178.
  • Engel MS, Ortega-Blanco J, Azevedo CO. 2016. A new bethylid wasp in Lebanese Early Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with comments on other Mesozoic taxa. American Museum Novitates 3855: 1 - 14.