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Appearance
| Orthosyntexis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Anaxyelidae |
| Genus: | †Orthosyntexis J. Gao, Engel, Shih, & T. Gao, 2021 |
Orthosyntexis is an extinct genus of sawflies from the family Anaxyelidae. It comprises several species that were collected from pieces of burmese amber from Myanmar dated 99 million years ago.[1][2] Their bodies were typically no longer than 6 millimetres (0.24 in), their antennas were around 1.7 millimetres (0.067 in).[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Li, Xiao; Niu, Gengyun; Wei, Meicai (2025-10-09). "A New Species of Orthosyntexis (Hymenoptera: Anaxyelidae) from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber". Insects. 16 (10): 1039. doi:10.3390/insects16101039. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 12565588. PMID 41148907.
- ↑ Gao, Jia; Engel, Michael S.; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong; Gao, Taiping (2021-10-29). "A new genus of anaxyelid wood wasps from the mid-Cretaceous and the phylogeny of Anaxyelidae (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 86: 151–169. doi:10.3897/jhr.86.73161. ISSN 1314-2607.