A new genus and species of Praeaulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber. (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Longfeng; Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P.; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong
• Is Part Of: Cretaceous research. Volume 55(2015)
• Page Start: 19
• Page End: 24
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Fossil -- Apocrita -- Praeaulacinae -- Habraulacus; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous -- Periodicals; 551.77
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.01.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6671

Abstract

Abstract: A new fossil praeaulacid wasp, Habraulacus zhaoi gen. et sp. nov., is described and figured from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber. The new genus is established based on the following characters: mesosoma stout, metasoma elongated ellipse with the first metasomal segment very thin and tubular (like a petiole), forewing with pterostigma long and narrow, and both veins Rs+M and 1m-cu very long, forming a long cell 1mcu. Species of Praeaulacidae demonstrate a distinct evolutionary trend, which consists of miniaturization, venational reduction and enlargement of pterostigma, and reduction of number of the antennal segments from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. However, except for the miniaturization, this hardly concerns Habraulacus .