A new genus of fossil digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) from the Upper Eocene of Florissant, USA

• Published in: Paleontological journal Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 186 - 190
• Main Author: Antropov, A. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.03.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Crabronidae; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Eocene; Hymenoptera; Insecta; Paleontology; Wasps; Crabronidae; Upper Eocene; digger wasps; Florissant; new taxa; Colorado

A new digger wasp, Florimena impressa gen. et sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae, Pemphredoninae), from the Upper Eocene shales of Florissant (Colorado, United States) is described. It is distinguished from all known members of the subtribe Spilomenina by the convex frons and in regularly rounded pr...