Revision of rock fossils of Dryinidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)
Author
Olmi, Massimo
Author
Rasnitsyn, Alexander P.
Author
Guglielmino, Adalgisa
text
Zootaxa
2010
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.293341
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293341
Gonatopus
?
cretacicus
Olmi, Rasnitsyn & Guglielmino
,
n. sp.
Material examined:
male
holotype
,
PIN
no. 3901/132 from Eastern Siberia, Magadan Region, Obeschchayushchiyi fossil site, Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian), Ola Formation (90–95 mybp). FEMALE: unknown.
MALE (
Fig. 9
): length
4.5 mm
; length of the main regions: head:
0.56 mm
; mesosoma:
3.94 mm
; prothorax:
0.25 mm
; mesothorax + metathorax + propodeum:
3.69 mm
; gaster:
2.50 mm
. Antennae missing. Head only visible from lateral side. Eyes large (eyes length shorter than head in lateral view (0.37:0.56)). Temples very reduced. Occiput not visible. Palpi not visible. Mesosoma normal (as in the extant males of
Gonatopus
). Forewing hyaline, with three basal cells completely enclosed by pigmented veins. Marginal cell open (distal extremity of stigmal vein reaching the wing margin, but narrower that rest of vein). Pterostigma very narrow, with the following length/breadth ratio: 11:2.5. Petiole absent. Legs only partly visible. Tibial spurs not visible.
Remarks:
Gonatopus cretacicus
n. sp.
is tentatively attributed to
Gonatopus
Ljungh, 1810
, though it is only visible from lateral side. However, the head shape, pterostigma shape, forewing venation and general shape of the body are typical of
Gonatopus
males. No further fossil species of
Gonatopus
are known.
N. Ponomarenko (1981)
described
Laberius
antiquus
from Taimyr amber. It was included in the genus
Laberius
Kieffer, 1914
, that now is considered junior synonym of
Gonatopus
Ljungh. However
, this species is now attributed to
Dryinus
Latreille, 1804
(
Olmi, 1984
;
Olmi & Bechly, 2001
).