Burmantis burmitica Grimaldi 2003 (mantis)

Insecta - Mantodea

Alternative combinations: Burmantis burmiticus, Jersimantis burmiticus

Full reference: D. Grimaldi. 2003. A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantodea). American Museum Novitates 3412:1-47

Belongs to Burmantis according to A. V. Gorochov 2006

See also Grimaldi 2003

Sister taxa: Burmantis asiatica, Burmantis hexispinea, Burmantis lebanensis, Burmantis zherikhini

Type specimen: AMNH Bu170, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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