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A male of Ampulicomorpha succinalis Brues (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea: Embolemidae) from the Upper Eocene Rovno amber (34–37 Ma) is described for the first time.
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Original Russian Text © M. Olmi, A.P. Rasnitsyn, A. Guglielmino, 2011, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2011, No. 1, pp. 66–68.
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Olmi, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Guglielmino, A. The first record of Embolemidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea) in the Rovno amber (Upper Eocene) of Ukraine: A male of Ampulicomorpha succinalis brues. Paleontol. J. 45, 73–76 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030111010138
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