title: The genus Macroteleia Westwood in Middle Miocene amber from Peru (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae).
abstract: A new species of the scelionine genus Macroteleia Westwood (Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae) is described and figured from a female beautifully preserved in Middle Miocene amber from Peru. Macroteleia yaguarum Perrichot & Engel, sp. n., shows a unique combination of characters otherwise seen independently within its congeners. It is most similar to the modern M. surfacei Brues, but differs from it by the non-foveolate notauli, the contiguous punctures of the vertex, and the continuous propodeum. The new species is the first New World fossil of the genus, suggesting a Cretaceous origin for the group and a relatively old age of the South American, tropical African, and Australian faunas, and a younger age of the modern Holarctic faunas.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR 6118 Géosciences and Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes, Université Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu bât. 15, 263 avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France ; University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perrichot
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, Université Montpellier 2-CNRS-IRD, F-34095 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Pierre-Olivier
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Antoine
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, Université Montpellier 2-CNRS-IRD, F-34095 Montpellier, France ; Departamento de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salas-Gismondi
authors.affiliation: Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, USA.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.affiliation: Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive - Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Engel
keywords: Amazonian amber; Insecta; Macroteleia; Neogene; Peru; Platygastroidea; Tertiary; taxonomy