Microcostaphron

Microcostaphron
Microcostaphron
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Ceraphronoidea
Family: Radiophronidae
Genus: Microcostaphron
Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn & Delclòs, 2010
Species: M. parvus
Binomial name
Microcostaphron parvus
Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn & Delclòs, 2010

Microcostaphron parvus is an extinct species of wasp which existed in Spain during the early Cretaceous period.[1] Only a single specimen is known, which was found near Peñacerrada-Urizaharra in the Basque Country.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Jaime Ortega-Blanco, Alexander P. Rasnitsyn & Xavier Delclòs (2010). "A new family of ceraphronoid wasps from Early Cretaceous Álava Amber, Spain" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (2): 265–276. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0014. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app55/app20090014.pdf.