Microcostaphron
Extinct genus of wasps
| Microcostaphron Temporal range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Ceraphronoidea |
| Family: | Radiophronidae |
| Genus: | Microcostaphron Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn & Delclòs, 2010 |
| Species: | M. parvus |
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| Microcostaphron parvus Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn & Delclòs, 2010 | |
Microcostaphron parvus is an extinct species of wasp belonging to the extinct family Radiophronidae which existed in Spain during the early Cretaceous period.[1] Only a single specimen is known, which was found near Peñacerrada-Urizaharra in the Basque Country.[1]
References
- ^ a b Jaime Ortega-Blanco; Alexander P. Rasnitsyn; Xavier Delclòs (2010). "A new family of ceraphronoid wasps from Early Cretaceous Álava Amber, Spain" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (2): 265–276. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0014.
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