Janzenella Explained

Janzenella is a genus of wasp, the only member of the family Janzenellidae within the superfamily Platygastroidea. It contains only a single living species, Janzenella innupta, which has only been collected in Costa Rica. Fossil members of the living species have also been described from Miocene aged Dominican amber.^{[1] [2]} A Late Eocene fossil species, Janzenella theia is known from specimens entombed in Baltic amber.^[3]

Notes and References

1. MASNER. LUBOMÍR. JOHNSON. NORMAN F.. June 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3574[1:jaengo2.0.co;2 Janzenella, an Enigmatic New Genus of Scelionid Wasp from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae)]. American Museum Novitates. 3574. 1–7. 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3574[1:jaengo]2.0.co;2. 83962978 . 0003-0082.
2. Chen. Huayan. Lahey. Zachary. Talamas. Elijah J.. Valerio. Alejandro A.. Popovici. Ovidiu A.. Musetti. Luciana. Klompen. Hans. Polaszek. Andrew. Masner. Lubomír. Austin. Andrew D.. Johnson. Norman F.. 2021. An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification. Systematic Entomology. en. 46. 4. 1088–1113. 10.1111/syen.12511. 237486714 . 1365-3113. free.
3. Bremer. J.. van de Kamp. T.. Talamas. E. J.. 2021. Janzenella theia Bremer & Talamas (Platygastroidea, Janzenellidae): a new species from Baltic amber. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 87. 223–233. 10.3897/jhr.87.67256. free.