Palaeomyrmecolax triangulum Pohl and Kinzelbach 1995 (twisted-winged parasite)

Insecta - Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae

Alternative combination: Stichotrema triangulum

Full reference: H. Pohl and R. Kinzelbach. 1995. Neufunde von Fächerflüglern aus dem Baltischen und Dominikanischen Bernstein (Strepsiptera: Bohartillidae & Myrmecolacidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 78:197-209

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

See also Pohl and Beutel 2005 and Pohl and Kinzelbach 1995

Sister taxa: Palaeomyrmecolax giecewiczi, Palaeomyrmecolax gracilis, Palaeomyrmecolax neotropicallis, Palaeomyrmecolax succineus, Palaeomyrmecolax weitschati

Type specimen: Kernegger 268/94, an exoskeleton

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Yantarny, Kernegger collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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