†Protelencholax Kinzelbach 1979 (twisted-winged parasite)
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Insecta - Strepsiptera - Protelencholacidae
Full reference: R. Kinzelbach. 1979. Das erste neotropische Fossil der Fächerflügler (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Insecta, Strepsiptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 52:1-14
Parent taxon: Protelencholacidae according to M. Kogan and G. O. Poinar 2019
See also Carpenter 1992, Engel and Huang 2016, Kathirithamby and Engel 2014, Kinzelbach 1979, Kinzelbach and Pohl 1994 and Pohl and Beutel 2005
Sister taxon: Cryptelencholax
Subtaxa: Protelencholax schleei
Type: Protelencholax schleei
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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