Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sphecidae

Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1998. Systematic part, in Wasps (Insecta: Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Purbeck and Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of southern England and their biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental significance. Cretaceous Research 19:329-391

Belongs to Pompilopterus according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and E. A. Jarzembowski 1998

Sister taxa: Pompilopterus ciliatus, Pompilopterus difficilis, Pompilopterus keymerensis, Pompilopterus leei, Pompilopterus montsecensis, Pompilopterus noguerensis, Pompilopterus wimbledoni, Pompilopterus worssami

Type specimen: BMB 018523/4, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rudgwick Brickworks, Upper Weald Clay, which is in a Barremian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Upper Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 9.00, forewing length 7.20