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The genus Macroteleia Westwood in Middle Miocene amber from Peru (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae)
Perrichot, Vincent Antoine, Pierre-Olivier Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo Flynn, John J. Engel, Michael S.
Perrichot, Vincent
Antoine, Pierre-Olivier
Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo
Flynn, John J.
Engel, Michael S.
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A new species of the scelionine genus Macroteleia Westwood (Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae) is described and figured from a female beautifully preserved in Middle Miocene amber from Peru. Macroteleia yaguarum Perrichot & Engel, sp. n., shows a unique combination of characters otherwise seen independently within its congeners. It is most similar to the modern M. surfacei Brues, but differs from it by the non-foveolate notauli, the contiguous punctures of the vertex, and the continuous propodeum. The new species is the first New World fossil of the genus, suggesting a Cretaceous origin for the group and a relatively old age of the South American, tropical African, and Australian faunas, and a younger age of the modern Holarctic faunas.
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2014-06-17
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Pensoft Publishers
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Insecta, Platygastroidea, Macroteleia, Tertiary, Neogene, Peru, Amazonian amber, Taxonomy
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Vincent Perrichot, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi, John J. Flynn, Michael S. Engel "The genus Macroteleia Westwood in Middle Miocene amber from Peru (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae)." Zookeys. 2014; (426): 119–127. Published online 2014 June 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.426.7822