Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
The first tiphiid wasp (Aculeata: Euaculeata: Vespoidea: Tiphiiformes) in Cretaceous amber is described and figured. Thanatotiphia nyx, new genus and species, is represented by a male entombed in mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) amber from Myanmar. Thanatotiphia possesses remarkable apomorphies in wing venation, lacks key traits of modern subfamilies, and is thus classified in a new subfamily, Thanatotiphiinae. The fossil is further shown to be nested well within the family, indicating that major lineages of Tiphiidae diverged by the mid-Cretaceous. The new taxon is compared with modern tiphiid subfamilies and the sparse fossil history of the family briefly overviewed.
Repository Citation
Engel, Michael S.; Ortega-Blanco, Jaime; and Bennett, Daniel J., "A Remarkable Tiphiiform Wasp in Mid-Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae)" (2009). Faculty Publications. 69.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/biology/69
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1660/062.112.0201
Comments
Engel, Michael S., Jaime Ortega-Blanco, and Daniel J. Bennett. "A remarkable tiphiiform wasp in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae)." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112, no. 1/2 (2009): 1-6.