Species
Paniscomima opposita Townes, 1977
Paniscomima opposita Townes, 1977:12 (key), 14, ♂. Holotype ♂, near Simra Adhabar, 600 ft., Nepal, Aug. 23 to 28, 1967 (Ottawa, leg. Canadian Nepal Expedition); Sarazin, 1986 Sarazin, M.J. 1986. Primary types of Aculeata (Hymenoptera) in the Canadian National Collection. The Canadian Entomologist 118:287-318.:309, Holotype ♂ (Canadian National Collection, No. 13347); Guidotti, 1999 Guidotti, A.E. 1999. Systematics of little known parasitic wasps of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Dissertation , . Canada.:63, Holotype ♂ (CNCI); Guidotti, 2007 Guidotti, A.E. 2007. A revision of the wasp genus Paniscomima (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) and a proposal of phylogenetic relationships among species. Invertebrate Systematics 21:297-309.:305, Holotype ♂ (CNCI). - Guidotti, 1999 Guidotti, A.E. 1999. Systematics of little known parasitic wasps of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Dissertation , . Canada. (distribution, key, phylogeny); Guidotti, 2007 Guidotti, A.E. 2007. A revision of the wasp genus Paniscomima (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) and a proposal of phylogenetic relationships among species. Invertebrate Systematics 21:297-309. (distribution, phylogeny), 305 (description female, description male); Lohrmann & Engel, 2017 Lohrmann, V. & M.S. Engel 2017. The wasp larva’s last supper: 100 million years of evolutionary stasis in the larval development of rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae). Fossil Record 20:239-244.:239 (listed); Lohrmann et al., 2020 Lohrmann, V., Q. Zhang, P. Michalik, J. Blaschke, P. Müller, L. Jeanneau, & V. Perrichot 2020. †Cretolixon – a remarkable new genus of rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Rhopalosomatidae) from chemically tested, mid-Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amber supports the monophyly of Rhopalosomatinae. Fossil Record 23:215-236. (photograph of head in dorsal view).
Area distribution map
Literature
- Guidotti, A.E. 1999. Systematics of little known parasitic wasps of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Dissertation , . Canada.
- Guidotti, A.E. 2007. A revision of the wasp genus Paniscomima (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) and a proposal of phylogenetic relationships among species. Invertebrate Systematics 21:297-309.
- Lohrmann, V. & M.S. Engel 2017. The wasp larva’s last supper: 100 million years of evolutionary stasis in the larval development of rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae). Fossil Record 20:239-244.
- Lohrmann, V., Q. Zhang, P. Michalik, J. Blaschke, P. Müller, L. Jeanneau, & V. Perrichot 2020. †Cretolixon – a remarkable new genus of rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Rhopalosomatidae) from chemically tested, mid-Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amber supports the monophyly of Rhopalosomatinae. Fossil Record 23:215-236.
- Sarazin, M.J. 1986. Primary types of Aculeata (Hymenoptera) in the Canadian National Collection. The Canadian Entomologist 118:287-318.
- Townes, H.K. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 15 (1):1-34.