Insecta - Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae

Full reference: J. Kathirithamby and H. Henderickx. 2008. First record of the Strepsiptera genus Caenocholax in Baltic amber with the description of a new species. Phegea 36(4):149-156

Belongs to Caenocholax according to M. S. Engel and D. Y. Huang 2016

See also Kathirithamby and Henderickx 2008

Sister taxa: Caenocholax barkleyi, Caenocholax brodzinskyi, Caenocholax comperei, Caenocholax debachi, Caenocholax dominicensis, Caenocholax flandersi, Caenocholax mcmurtryi, Caenocholax palusaxus

Type specimen: GPIH 4495, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection

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