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The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2014

Alexander V. Antropov ,
Sergey A. Belokobylskij ,
Stephen G. Compton ,
Gennady M. Dlussky ,
Andrey I. Khalaim ,
Victor A. Kolyada ,
Mikhail A. Kozlov ,
Ksenia S. Perfilieva  and
Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn
Alexander V. Antropov
Affiliation:
Zoological Museum of Moscow Lomonosov State University. Bol'shaya Nikitskaya Str. 6. Moscow, 125009, Russia. Emails: antropov@zmmu.msu.ru; proctos@mail.ru
Sergey A. Belokobylskij
Affiliation:
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia. Email: sb@zin.ru; doryctes@gmail.com Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, Warszawa 00-679, Poland
Stephen G. Compton
Affiliation:
Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. Email: s.g.a.compton@leeds.ac.uk
Gennady M. Dlussky
Affiliation:
Biological Faculty of Moscow State University, Moscow 119992Russia. Email dlusskye@mail.ru; ksenperf@mail.ru
Andrey I. Khalaim
Affiliation:
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia. Email: sb@zin.ru; doryctes@gmail.com
Victor A. Kolyada
Affiliation:
Zoological Museum of Moscow Lomonosov State University. Bol'shaya Nikitskaya Str. 6. Moscow, 125009, Russia. Emails: antropov@zmmu.msu.ru; proctos@mail.ru
Ksenia S. Perfilieva
Affiliation:
Biological Faculty of Moscow State University, Moscow 119992Russia. Email dlusskye@mail.ru; ksenperf@mail.ru
Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn
Affiliation:
Palaeontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997 Moscow, Russia. Email: alex.rasnitsyn@gmail.com Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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Abstract

The types and undescribed material of the hymenopteran fossils of the Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls from the Isle of Wight (UK) are critically revised and studied. A total of 1460 fossils are recorded and attributed to 20 families: Gasteruptiidae s.l. (1); Proctotrupidae (3); Diapriidae (24); Cynipidae (7); Figitidae (6); Pteromalidae (1); Agaonidae (3); Scelionidae (12); Platygastridae (2); Ichneumonidae (32); Braconidae (75); Bethylidae (3); Crabronidae (2); Sphecidae (1); Apidae (2); Scoliidae (1); Tiphiidae (2); Vespidae (4); and Formicidae (1220). Described as new are 51 species, 13 genera, two tribes and two subfamilies. Minimum number of species recorded (either as described species or representing higher taxa with no described species in the assemblage) is 118. The composition of the hymenopteran assemblage is most similar to that of Baltic amber and indicative of a well forested territory, as well as of a humid, equable (aseasonal but not very hot) climate, more typically equable than in the Baltic amber source area, judging from the absence of Aphidiinae and scarcity of aphids.

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Bembridge MarlsEocenefossil insectsnew combinationsnew taxa

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