Cladistic assessment of Lancepyrinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), a new bethylid subfamily from Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber

A new subfamily, a new genus and a new species of Bethylidae are described and illustrated from a single individual in Early Cretaceous amber from central Lebanon. Lancepyrinae subfam. nov. represented by Lancepyris opertus gen. & sp. nov. presents mosaic features among several bethylid subfamilies. The new taxon is promptly distinguished from related taxa mainly by having the forewing venation with an unusual combination of closed lanceolate...