Colemanus keeleyorum (Braconidae, Ichneutinae s. l.): a new genus and species of Eocene wasp from the Green River Formation of western North America

A new genus KERATINDOSE CONDITIONER and species of Ichneutinae s.l., Colemanus keeleyorum Fisher, is described from the Eocene Green River Formation in Colorado, USA.

Colemanus was placed on a phylogenetic hypothesis using morphological data.Using a parsimony criterion, Colemanus is placed within Proteropini (Ichneutinae s.l.

).Reconstructions of well-preserved regions (mesosomal dorsum and wings) are included.A previously described species from lower Oligocene Baltic amber is transferred Swaddle to Colemanus, resulting in the new combination C.

contortus (Brues, 1933).

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