Unveiling ancient diversity of long-tailed wasps (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae): new taxa from Cretaceous Kachin and Taimyr ambers and their phylogenetic affinities

• Published in: Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny
• Main Authors: Brazidec, Manuel, Vilhelmsen, Lars, Boudinot, Brendon E., Richter, Adrian, Hammel, Joerg U., Perkovsky, Evgeny E., Fan, Yong, Wang, Zhen, Wu, Qiong, Wang, Bo, Perrichot, Vincent
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: SENCKENBERG NATURHISTORISCHE SAMMLUNGEN DRESDEN, MUSEUM TIERKUNDE 2024
• Subjects: Megalyroidea; Myanmar; Taimyr; Albian-Cenomanian; Santonian; phylogeny; BURMESE AMBER; LIKELIHOOD-ESTIMATION; APOCRITA INSECTA; CHALCIDOIDEA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARMINATOR; EVOLUTION; PLATFORM; AGE; Entomology; Kheta; Rigel
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/43727; http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/43728; https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.82.e111148

The Megalyridae are a small family of parasitoid wasps comprising eight extant genera (71 species) and six extinct genera (13 species). Here, we report eight new species from Late Cretaceous Kachin (Myanmar) and Taimyr (Russia) ambers; the family is recorded for the first time from the latter. dagge...