Myanmarinidae, a new family of basal Apocrita (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

A new family of basal apocritan wasps is established based on three new species discovered from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber and tentatively allied to the superfamily Stephanoidea. The family Myanmarinidae Zhang and Rasnitsyn fam. nov. contains one new genus Myanmarina Zhang and Rasnitsyn gen. nov., including three new species: Myanmarina lisu Zhang and Rasnitsyn sp. nov., Myanmarina kachin Zhang and Rasnitsyn sp. nov. and Myanmarina lahu Zhang and Rasnitsyn sp. nov. Comparisons are made between Myanmarinidae and its similar families. Some general remarks are also made about the new family in taxonomy and biology. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.