Microcostaphron

{{Short description|Extinct genus of wasps}} {{Speciesbox | image = Microcostaphron.jpg | image_caption = Drawing of ''Microcostaphron'' | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Albian}} | genus = Microcostaphron | parent_authority = Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn & Delclòs, 2010 | species = parvus | authority = Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn & Delclòs, 2010 }}

'''''Microcostaphron parvus''''' is an extinct species of wasp belonging to the extinct family Radiophronidae which existed in Spain during the early Cretaceous period.<ref name="Ortega-Blanco">{{Cite journal |author1=Jaime Ortega-Blanco |author2=Alexander P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Xavier Delclòs |year=2010 |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app55/app20090014.pdf |title=A new family of ceraphronoid wasps from Early Cretaceous Álava Amber, Spain |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=265–276 |doi=10.4202/app.2009.0014|doi-access=free }}</ref> Only a single specimen is known, which was found near Peñacerrada-Urizaharra in the Basque Country.<ref name="Ortega-Blanco"/>

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Category:Chrysidoidea Category:Early Cretaceous insects Category:Hymenoptera of Europe Category:Fossil taxa described in 2010 Category:Cretaceous insects of Europe Category:Early Cretaceous arthropods of Europe Category:Monotypic prehistoric insect genera Category:Prehistoric Hymenoptera genera