Embolemopsis is an extinct genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. Two species are known: the type species, E. baissensis from the Aptian Zaza Formation of Russia,[1] and E. maryannae from the Barremian Wessex Formation of England.[2]
| Embolemopsis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Embolemidae |
| Genus: | †Embolemopsis Olmi et al., 2010 |
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| †Embolemopsis baissensis Olmi et al., 2010
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Discovery and naming edit
The holotype of E. baissensis, PIN 4210/7295, was discovered in Baissa, Russia within an outcrop of the Zaza Formation and was named described by Olmi et al. (2010) within a revision of the Dryinidae and Embolemidae.[1]
The holotype, and only specimen, of E. maryannae was discovered in Chilton Chine, England in the L6 plant debris bed of the Wealden Formation,[2] and before being named, E. maryannae was previously described as a member of the Dryinidae in a conference abstract by Jarzembowski (2015).[3] Between 2017 and 2019, E. maryannae was classified instead as a member of the Embolemidae, and was named by Olmi et al. (2020) alongside six other extinct members of the Embolemidae.[2] It was named in honour of Mary Anning.
Description edit
E. baissensis grew to around 2.60 millimetres (0.102 in) long.[1]
Classification edit
Jarzembowski (2015) classified E. maryannae within Dryinidae,[3] and Olmi et al. (2020) later placed both species of Embolemopsis within Embolemidae.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c M. Olmi, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and A. Guglielmino. (2010). Revision of rock fossils of Dryinidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Zootaxa 2499:21-38
- ^ a b c d Perkovsky, Evgeny E.; Olmi, Massimo; Müller, Patrick; Guglielmino, Adalgisa; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Capradossi, Leonardo; Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P. (2021). "A review of the fossil Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with description of seven new species and history of the family". Cretaceous Research. 121: 104708. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12104708P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104708. S2CID 229502829.
- ^ a b Jarzembowski, E. A. (27 March 2015). "Fossil resins from England (Conference abstract)" (PDF). Amberif 2015: SUCCINITE AND SELECTED FOSSIL RESINS OF EUROPE: LOCALITIES, PROPERTIES, ARCHAEOLOGY: 18–20.