†Megamenopon rasnitsyni Wappler et al. 2004 (bird louse)
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Insecta - Psocodea - Menoponidae
Full reference: T. Wappler, V. S. Smith, and R. C. Dalgleish. 2004. Scratching an ancient itch: an Eocene bird louse fossil. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 271(Suppl):S255-S258
Belongs to Megamenopon according to T. Wappler et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMM PE1997/33.LS, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 1997 collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 1997 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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