ammonites
Syntexyela continentalis Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2006 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Anaxyelidae

Full reference: H. C. Zhang and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2006. Two new anaxyelid sawflies (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Siricoidea) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 27:279-284

Belongs to Syntexyela according to H. C. Zhang and A. P. Rasnitsyn 2006

Sister taxa: Syntexyela asiatica, Syntexyela brachyura, Syntexyela drepanura, Syntexyela gracilicornis, Syntexyela inversa, Syntexyela magna, Syntexyela media, Syntexyela nana

Type specimen: NIGP 135549, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 15.0, forewing 8.40 x 3.50