Cuspilongus cachecreekensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cephoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Symphyta Superfamilia: Cephoidea

Familia: Cephidae
Subfamilia: †Cuspilonginae
Genus: †Cuspilongus
Species: †Cuspilongus cachecreekensis

Name

• †Cuspilongus cachecreekensis Archibald & Rasnitsyn, 2015: 11

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: TRU (CA) F-1545 (part) & F-1546 (counterpart) ♀
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "Cache Creek, some 8 km to the west of the McAbee site"

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

References

• Archibald, S.B. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. (2015). New early Eocene Siricomorpha (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pamphiliidae, Siricidae, Cephidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 148(2): 209–228. doi:10.4039/tce.2015.55. https://brucearchibaldorg.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/archibald-and-rasnitsyn-2016-siricomorpha.pdf.  . Reference page. 
• Kopylov, D.S. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2016. Cephidae (Hymenoptera) of the Mesozoic. Euroasian Entomological Journal 15(Supplement 1): 78–83. PDF. Reference page. 
• Archibald, S.B., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J., & Mathewes, R.W. (2018). Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 150(2): 205–257. doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59. ISSN 0008-347X.