Echinosomiscus primoticus Engel and Wang 2016 (stick insect)

Insecta - Phasmatodea

Full reference: M. S. Engel and B. Wang. 2016. Taxonomic names, in A thorny, 'anareolate' stick-insect (Phasmatidae s.l.) in Upper Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with remarks on diversification times among Phasmatodea. Cretaceous Research 63:45-53

Belongs to Echinosomiscus according to M. S. Engel and B. Wang 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 163536, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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