Original paper
Endoparasitism of a Cretaceous adult weevil by a euphorine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Poinar, George; Shaw, Scott R.
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 282 Heft 1 (2016), p. 109 - 113
published: Oct 1, 2016
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Abstract
A cocoon attached to the body of an adult weevil of the family Ithyceridae in Burmese am- ber was identified as a member of the subfamily Euphorinae Foerster, 1862 of the family Braconidae. This discovery represents an early record of adult-insect parasitism (imagobiosis) by Hymenoptera and indicates that weevils are ancient hosts of euphorine braconids.
Keywords
euphorinae • weevils • burmese amber • ithyceridae • braconidae