Elektroepyris
Extinct genus of wasps
Elektroepyris Temporal range: 55.8–48.6 Ma 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 |
Family: | Bethylidae |
Subfamily: | Epyrinae |
Genus: | †Elektroepyris Perrichot & Nel, 2008 |
Species: | †E. magnificus |
Binomial name | |
†Elektroepyris magnificus Perrichot & Nel, 2008 |
Elektroepyris is an extinct genus of wasp within the family Bethylidae containing a single species, Elektroepyris magnificus.[1] It lived in the lower Eocene, with the type locality being from the Oise amber, Le Quesnoy located in France.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Elektroepyris magnificus Perrichot & Nel, 2008". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Elektroepyris magnificus". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ^ "The oldest representative of the extant genus Epyris in the Lowermost Eocene amber of France". www.biotaxa.org. Retrieved 2023-01-13.