New fossil genus and species from the subfamily Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Eocene Baltic amber with remarks on the genus Acampsohelcon Tobias, 1987

The new peculiar genus and species, Balticampsis Belokobylskij, gen. nov. and B. inopinatus Belokobylskij, sp. nov., from the tribe Sigalphini (Acampsina) of the subfamily Sigalphinae are described and illustrated from late Eocene Baltic amber. This is the first reliable record of a fossil member of the Sigalphinae. A discussion about the taxonomic position of the genus Acampsohelcon Tobias, 1987 is provided: it was initially included in the subfamily Sigalphinae as the tribe Acampsohelconini. The other genera of the former Acampsohelconinae are separated in the subfamily Afrocampsinae status nov. with the tribes Afrocampsini (with Afrocampsis van Achterberg & Quicke) and Urosigalphini (with Canalicephalus Gibson and Urosigalphus Ashmead).

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