First record of Archaeocercoides puchkovi Simutnik, 2022 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) from late Eocene Danish amber

Abstract

Encyrtidae are one of the largest and most diverse families of chalcidoid wasps found both today (Noyes, 2023) and in Eocene ambers (Simutnik, 2021; Simutnik & Perkovsky, 2023). The earliest known Encyrtidae have been found in middle Eocene Sakhalinian amber (Simutnik, 2021; Simutnik et al., 2021b). They differ significantly from both extant encyrtids as well as those occurring in late Eocene European ambers, many of which feature peculiar characters (Simutnik et al., 2020, 2023; Simutnik, 2021). To date, some 20 species in 18 extinct genera of Encyrtidae have been described from late Eocene Baltic, Danish and Rovno ambers (Simutnik et al., 2021a, 2022c, 2023; Simutnik & Perkovsky, 2023).