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The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic

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  • 1. University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Lawrence, United States of America

Description

The first fossil of the pteromalid subfamily Leptofoeninae Handlirsch is documented. Leptofoenus pittfieldae sp. n. is described and figured from a single male preserved in Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic.  The fossil is compared with its modern congeners and comments generally provided on the taxonomy of the subfamily, including a key to the two genera.

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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:94FB118C-4FD6-49AB-ADA6-80313E2B6212
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urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:FFC09950591FFF8BFFC5FFE0FF92FA22
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http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFC09950591FFF8BFFC5FFE0FF92FA22

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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3792100 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3792098 (DOI)
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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3814853 (DOI)
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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3814855 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3767630 (DOI)
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Dataset: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/3694a5b6-d12b-4bdf-ad8c-aea2000cec4e (URL)

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