Elektroepyris

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Elektroepyris
Temporal range: 55.8–48.6  Ma
Elektroepyris magnificus holotype MNHN.F.A30298 dorsal.jpg
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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

  1. "Elektroepyris magnificus Perrichot & Nel, 2008". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  2. "Fossilworks: Elektroepyris magnificus". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  3. Falières, Elsa; Nel, André (28 December 2018). "The oldest representative of the extant genus Epyris in the Lowermost Eocene amber of France". www.biotaxa.org. 1 (1): 32–36. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.1.1.3 . Retrieved 2023-01-13.