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Revision of some parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea sensu lato) from the Florissant locality, United States

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The types of the parasitic wasps described in the families Proctotrupidae, Diapriidae, and Scelionidae (Hymenoptera) from the Upper Eocene Florissant locality (Colorado, United States) are revised. All the specimens are shown to belong to the family Proctotrupidae, representing the genera Oxyserphus, Mischoserphus, Nothoserphus, and Palaeoteleia. The known species are redescribed and two new species, Mischoserphus bruesi sp. nov. and Nothoserphus rasnitsyni sp. nov., are described. A new combination, Oxyserphus exhumatus (Brues, 1910), comb. nov., and a new synonymy, Paramesius defectus Brues, 1910, syn. nov. = Oxyserphus exhumatus (Brues, 1910), are established.

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Kolyada, 2009, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, No. 2, pp. 70–75.

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Kolyada, V.A. Revision of some parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea sensu lato) from the Florissant locality, United States. Paleontol. J. 43, 191–196 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030109020105

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