A new, putatively Cretaceous fossil braconid subfamily from New Jersey amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)

Basibuyuk H. H., RASNITSYN A., VAN ACHTERBERG K., FITTON M., QUICKE D.

ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, vol.28, no.1-2, pp.211-214, 1999 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 1-2
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00006.x
  • Journal Name: ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.211-214
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Protorhyssalus goldmani gen. n., sp. n., in a new subfamily of braconid wasps, the Protorhyssalinae, is described from Late Cretaceous amber fossils from New Jersey, USA. The Protorhyssalinae appears to be cyclostome and shows a similar set of plesiomorphic characters to the extant Rhyssalinae. However, it possesses hindwing vein 2-CU, a feature only found among the cyclostome braconids in the rare and putatively primitive Chilean subfamily Apozyginae.