Proterosceliopsis
Proterosceliopsis is an extinct genus of platygastroid parasitic wasp, known from the Mid-Cretaceous of Eurasia. The genus was first described in 2014 from the Albian amber of the Escucha Formation. In 2019 additional species were described from the Cenomanian-age Burmese amber, and was placed into the monotypic family Proterosceliopsidae.
| Proterosceliopsis Temporal range: | |
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| Proterosceliopsis ambulata in multiple views | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Platygastroidea |
| Family: | †Proterosceliopsidae Talamas et al, 2019 |
| Genus: | †Proterosceliopsis Ortega-Blanco, McKellar and Engel, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Proterosceliopsis masneri Ortega-Blanco, McKellar and Engel, 2014 | |
| Other species | |
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