A horntail wasp from the Upper Miocene of France closely related to an extant Eastern Palaearctic species (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)
The new siricid wasp Xeris muratensis sp. nov. is described from the Upper Miocene (ca. 5.60 ± 0.3 Ma) Konservat-Laggerstätte of Sainte-Reine (Cantal, France). Its wing venation characters closely resemble those of the extant Eastern Palaearctic siricid species Xeris malaisei Maa. The new species has a completely black body, vs. presence of yellow spots on head and thorax in X. malaisei. The entomofauna in this lacustrine maar consists of a mixture of extinct species or taxa lacking modern relatives that disappeared during the Pliocene-Pleistocene, and taxa with no discernible difference from their potential extant relatives.
Authors
- Michael S. Engel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-077X)
- Corentin Jouault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3680-5172)
- André Nel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-7651)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Géosciences Rennes (FR)
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (FR)
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (FR)
- Laboratoire Médiations (FR)
- Université des Antilles (GP)
- Université de Rennes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5538.2.6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Plant and animal studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03