Diversinitus

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Diversinitus
Temporal range: Earliest Cenomanian 99  Ma
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Holotype specimen in dorsal and lateral views
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Diversinitidae
Genus: Diversinitus
Species:
D. attenboroughi
Binomial name
Diversinitus attenboroughi
Haas, Burks and Krogmann 2018
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Paratype specimen
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Head closeup

Diversitinus is an extinct genus of chalcid wasp, belonging to the extinct family Diversinitidae, of which it is the type genus. It contains a single species D. attenboroughi known from 2 male specimens from the earliest Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of the Hukawng Valley in Myanmar, around 99 million years old. The genus name originates from the Latin diversus, meaning different or diverse and initus which means origin or start, reflecting the great diversity of chalcid wasps. The species name is taken from the famous naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough. [1]

References

  1. Haas, Michael; Burks, Roger A.; Krogmann, Lars (2018-04-16). "A new lineage of Cretaceous jewel wasps (Chalcidoidea: Diversinitidae)". PeerJ. 6 e4633. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4633 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   5907778 . PMID   29682418.