Sphakelobythus Engel et al., 2013

Lepeco, Anderson & Melo, Gabriel A. R., 2024, Revisiting the phylogeny of the scolebythid wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) through Bayesian model evaluation and parsimony, with description of a new fossil family of Chrysidoidea, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201, pp. 57-85 : 83

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad113
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11268107
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scientific name	Sphakelobythus Engel et al., 2013
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† Sphakelobythus Engel et al., 2013

The genus was described from inclusions in Campanian Canadian amber, containing only the type species, † Sphakelobythus limnopous Engel et al., 2013 . It also belongs in Chrysididae View in CoL , judging from the general morphology and reduced forewing venation. The large eyes, anterior pronotal flange covering the propleura, fusiform profemur, and elongated basal segments of the metasoma are the main features indicating this positioning.