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The taxonomic position of the genus Palaeonothrus Krivolutskii et Sidorchuk, 2003 described from the Holocene of Arkhangelsk oblast is reconsidered. The fossils, which were originally attributed to moss mites (Acariformes: Oribatida), turned out to be isolated mesonota of some Ichneumonidae or Braconidae wasps, which were impossible to identify more precisely. Consequently, it is proposed to treat the genus Palaeonotrus as Ichneumonoidea incertae sedis until the source insects are identified.
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Original Russian Text © E.A. Sidorchuk, A.P. Rasnitsyn, 2009, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, No. 6, pp. 36–38.
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Sidorchuk, E.A., Rasnitsyn, A.P. On the taxonomic position of Palaeonothrus Krivolutskii et Sidorchuk 2003 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea, non Acariformes, Oribatida). Paleontol. J. 43, 640–642 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030109060069
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