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Wiley, Zoologica Scripta, 1(38), p. 79-88, 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00358.x

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New braconid wasps from French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae): Synonymization with Eoichneumonidae and implications for the phylogeny of Ichneumonoidea

Journal article published in 2008 by Vincent Perrichot ORCID, André Nel, Donald L. J. Quicke ORCID
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Abstract

Two new fossils of Braconidae are described from Albian-Cenomanian amber of south-western France, Protorhyssalodes arnaudi gen. n., sp. n., and Aenigmabracon capdoliensis gen. n., sp. n. The former appears superficially similar to the type genus and species of the extinct sub-family Protorhyssalinae, from Turonian New Jersey amber specimens, and the latter both to Protorhyssalus and to members of the extinct family Eoichneumonidae. However, both new taxa display unique combinations of wing venation characters making confident assignment to sub-family impossible. Indeed, they are the first braconids ever known to possess both vein 2-CU and a distinct trace of vein 2-1A on hindwing. The new fossil taxa are incorporated into a morphological analysis of extinct and extant ichneumonoids. As a result of the analyses we synonymize the Eoichneumonidae with the Braconidae.