New Wasps of Maimetshidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) from the Mid-Cretaceous Myanmar Amber

One new genus and five new species of the extinct family Maimetshidae from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber are described based on five well-preserved specimens as follows: <i>Maimetshasia nova</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov.; <i>Maimetshasia engeli</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov.; <i>Guyotemaimetsha perrichoti</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov.; <i>Guyotemaimetsha ortegablancoi</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov.; and <i>Crucimaimetsha nigra</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov. A new generic synonymy is proposed: <i>Turgonalus</i> Rasnitsyn, 1990 (=<i>Turgonaliscus</i> Engel, 2016, syn. nov. and = <i>Ahiromaimetsha</i> Perrichot, Azar, Nel and Engel, 2011, syn. nov.); <i>Guyotemaimetsha</i> Perrichot, Nel and Néraudeau, 2004 (=<i>Burmaimetsha</i> Perrichot, 2013, syn. nov.); <i>Afrapia</i>, Rasnitsyn and Brothers, 2009 (=<i>Afromaimetsha</i>, Rasnitsyn and Brothers, 2009, syn. nov.); and <i>Iberomaimetsha nihtmara</i> Ortega-Blanco, Delclòs and Engel, 2011 are transferred to <i>Afrapia,</i> Rasnitsyn and Brothers, 2009. This results in the following new combinations: <i>Turgonalus cooperi</i>, Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski, 1998, comb. resurr.; <i>Turgonalus najlae</i> (Perrichot, Azar, Nel & Engel, 2011), comb. nov; <i>Afrapia robusta</i> (Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009), comb. nov; and <i>Afrapia nihtmara</i> (Ortega-Blanco, Delclòs & Engel, 2011), comb. nov. The occurrence of various genera of Maimetshidae in amber and compression fossil and the morphological differences of the forewings in all the fossil species are provided, which highlights a high level of genus-level diversity among Mesozoic maimetshids. The key to genera was updated.

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Insects
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2025-02-23
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https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030237
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New Wasps of Maimetshidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) from the Mid-Cretaceous Myanmar Amber

Chungkun Shih, Jingtao Yang, Dong Ren, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn et al.
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Insects
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New Wasps of Maimetshidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) from the Mid-Cretaceous Myanmar Amber

Chungkun Shih, Jingtao Yang, Dong Ren, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, Dmitry S. Kopylov, L.-L. Li
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One new genus and five new species of the extinct family Maimetshidae from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber are described based on five well-preserved specimens as follows: <i>Maimetshasia nova</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov.; <i>Maimetshasia engeli</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov.; <i>Guyotemaimetsha perrichoti</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov.; <i>Guyotemaimetsha ortegablancoi</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov.; and <i>Crucimaimetsha nigra</i> Li, Kopylov and Rasnitsyn, sp. nov. A new generic synonymy is proposed: <i>Turgonalus</i> Rasnitsyn, 1990 (=<i>Turgonaliscus</i> Engel, 2016, syn. nov. and = <i>Ahiromaimetsha</i> Perrichot, Azar, Nel and Engel, 2011, syn. nov.); <i>Guyotemaimetsha</i> Perrichot, Nel and Néraudeau, 2004 (=<i>Burmaimetsha</i> Perrichot, 2013, syn. nov.); <i>Afrapia</i>, Rasnitsyn and Brothers, 2009 (=<i>Afromaimetsha</i>, Rasnitsyn and Brothers, 2009, syn. nov.); and <i>Iberomaimetsha nihtmara</i> Ortega-Blanco, Delclòs and Engel, 2011 are transferred to <i>Afrapia,</i> Rasnitsyn and Brothers, 2009. This results in the following new combinations: <i>Turgonalus cooperi</i>, Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski, 1998, comb. resurr.; <i>Turgonalus najlae</i> (Perrichot, Azar, Nel & Engel, 2011), comb. nov; <i>Afrapia robusta</i> (Rasnitsyn & Brothers, 2009), comb. nov; and <i>Afrapia nihtmara</i> (Ortega-Blanco, Delclòs & Engel, 2011), comb. nov. The occurrence of various genera of Maimetshidae in amber and compression fossil and the morphological differences of the forewings in all the fossil species are provided, which highlights a high level of genus-level diversity among Mesozoic maimetshids. The key to genera was updated.

InsectsVol. 16(3)
Smithsonian Institution (US), Natural History Museum (GB), National Museum of Natural History (US), Gansu Agricultural University (CN), Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak (RU), Institute of Zoology (KZ), Capital Normal University (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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