Epyris deletus Brues 1910 (flat wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Bethylidae

Alternative combination: Epyris deltus

Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1910. The parasitic Hymenoptera of the Tertiary of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 44(1):3-125

Belongs to Epyris according to W. D. Colombo et al. 2022

See also Azevedo et al. 2018, Azevedo and Azar 2012, Brues 1910, Colombo and Azevedo 2021 and Sorg 1988

Sister taxa: Epyris kiefferi, Epyris moulyi, Epyris rectinervis, Epyris tenellus

Type specimen: AMNH A3, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (AMNH Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (AMNH Collection)

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