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Abstract
A new extinct bethylid wasp attributable to the subfamily Scleroderminae is described from upper Eocene amber found at the Voronki mine in the Vladimirets District of the northwestern Rovno region, western Ukraine. The distribution of Scleroderminae in tropical and temperate regions is discussed. Three species of Bethylinae, seven species of Epyrinae, and three Pristocerinae have already been described from the same amber-bearing deposits demonstrating the rich diversity of Eocene Bethylidae.
Wesley D. Colombo [[email protected]], Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, ES, Brazil; Evgeny E. Perkovsky [[email protected]], Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine; Dmitry V. Vasilenko [[email protected]] Borissiak Palaeontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Cherepovets State University, Cherepovets, Russia.
Acknowledgements
The Alcheringa Editorial Board and anonymous reviewers provided valuable comments on our manuscript. We thank Celso O. Azevedo (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo) and Isabel De Conte Carvalho de Alencar (Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo) for discussing bethylid classification. Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn (PIN) and Jongok Lim (Wonkwang University) also provided valuable comments. Felipe Bertholdi Fraga edited our photographs. Nikolai R. Chomich (Rovno, Ukraine) assisted with specimen acquisition, Anatoly P. Vlaskin (SIZK) cut and polished the amber, Sergei A. Simutnik (SIZK) contributed photography, EscritaLAB corrected our English.
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