†Miotroctes Pierce 1960 (bark louse)
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Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1960. Fossil arthropods of California no 23. Silicified insects in Miocene nodules from the Calico Mountains. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 59:40-49
Parent taxon: Psocoptera according to A. Nel et al. 2004
See also Park and Downing 2001 and Pierce 1960
Sister taxa: Concavapsocus, Globopsocus, Psocomorpha, Troctomorpha, Trogiomorpha, Paropsocus, Psococicadellopsis, Parapsocida, Caeciliidae, Polypsocidae, Huaxiapsocus
Subtaxa: Miotroctes rousei
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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