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A new ismarid wasp (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber
Vasilisa G Chemyreva1, Alexandr P Rasnitsyn2
1A.A. Borissiak Palaeontological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; 117647 Moscow; Russia.; Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences; Universitetskaya Emb. 1; St Petersburg 199034; Russia. diapriidas.vas@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The first undoubted discovery of a parasitoid ismarid wasp from Cenomanian Kachin amber is presented here. A new genus and species, Thyburia christophigen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated, based on a female holotype. The family Ismaridae is synonymised with the family Diapriidae and is considered here as the subfamily Ismarinae. The taxonomy of ismarids and the diagnosis of the subfamily Ismarinae are clarified and discussed.
