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Discovery of a new species of Dryinus (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.

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Dryinus carsteni sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea: Dryinidae) is described from mid-Cretaceous Kachin (Burmese) amber. The new species is close to D. taron Martynova, Zhang, Olmi, Mller, Perkovsky, 2020, but it… Click to show full abstract

Dryinus carsteni sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea: Dryinidae) is described from mid-Cretaceous Kachin (Burmese) amber. The new species is close to D. taron Martynova, Zhang, Olmi, Mller, Perkovsky, 2020, but it can be distinguished for the shorter body (about 2 mm), antennomere 3 about 5 as long as broad and protarsomere 2 produced into hook (in D. taron, the body is longer more than 5 mm, antennomere 3 is about 20 as long as broad and protarsomere 3 is produced into hook).

Keywords: dryinidae; discovery new; mid cretaceous; hymenoptera; burmese amber; new species

Journal Title: Zootaxa
Year Published: 2022

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