Leptofoenus pittfieldae

Leptofoenus pittfieldae (holotype male)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chalcidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Pteromalidae
Subfamilia: Leptofoeninae
Genus: Leptofoenus
Species: †Leptofoenus pittfieldae

Name

• Leptofoenus pittfieldae Engel, 2009

Type data

• Holotype (unique): UK KU-NHM-Ent DR-019. Male. Type locality: Early Miocene amber, La Toca group of mines northeast of Santiago, Dominican Republic

References

• Engel, M.S. 2009: The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): a new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys, 13: 57–66. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.13.159