First Bocchus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from Upper Eocene Rovno amber: B. schmalhauseni sp. nov

Zootaxa. 2020 Jul 24;4819(3):zootaxa.4819.3.6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4819.3.6.

Abstract

A new species of pincer wasps, Bocchus schmalhauseni sp. nov. (Dryinidae) is described from Rovno amber (Ukraine). The amber piece was collected in the Vladimirets District in the north-west of the Rovno region. Taking into account this new record, a total of five species of Dryinidae are registered from Rovno amber. A key to the fossil species of Bocchus Ashmead is presented. The possible reasons for the different distribution of Dryinus species on both coasts of Subparathetys are discussed.

Keywords: Chrysidoidea, Bocchinae, planthoppers, key, Ukraine, Bocchus primaevus, Hymenoptera.

MeSH terms

  • Amber*
  • Animals
  • Fossils
  • Wasps*

Substances

  • Amber