Embolemopsis

Embolemopsis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Barremian–Aptian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Embolemidae
Genus: †Embolemopsis
Olmi et al., 2010
Type species
†Embolemopsis baissensis
Olmi et al., 2010
Other species
  • †E. maryannae Olmi et al., 2020

Embolemopsis is an extinct genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. Two species are known: the type species, E. baissensis from the Aptian Zaza Formation of Russia,[1] and E. maryannae from the Barremian Wessex Formation of England.[2]

  1. ^ M. Olmi, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and A. Guglielmino. (2010). Revision of rock fossils of Dryinidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Zootaxa 2499:21-38
  2. ^ Perkovsky, Evgeny E.; Olmi, Massimo; Müller, Patrick; Guglielmino, Adalgisa; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Capradossi, Leonardo; Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P. (2021). "A review of the fossil Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with description of seven new species and history of the family". Cretaceous Research. 121: 104708. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12104708P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104708. S2CID 229502829.