Khutelchalcis

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Khutelchalcis
Temporal range: 140.2–125.45  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Khutelchalcididae
Rasnitsyn et al., 2004
Genus: Khutelchalcis
Rasnitsyn et al., 2004
Type species
Khutelchalcis gobiensis
Rasnitsyn et al., 2004

Khutelchalcis is an extinct genus of chalcid wasp, it is the only member of the family Khutelchalcididae. [1] [2] It is only known from a single species, (Khutelchalcis gobiensis) described from the Early Cretaceous Tsagaantsav Formation of Mongolia. [3]

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References

  1. "Khutelchalcididae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  2. "Khutelchalcididae". Fossilworks . Retrieved 23 September 2021from the Paleobiology Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. A. P. Rasnitsyn, H. H. Basibuyuk, and D. L. J. Quicke. 2004. A basal chalcidoid (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from the earliest Cretaceous or latest Jurassic of Mongolia. Insect Systematics & Evolution35:123-135