Burmapygia resinata Engel and Grimaldi 2004 (earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Pygidicranidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2004. A primitive earwig in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae). Journal of Paleontology 78:1018-1023

Belongs to Burmapygia according to M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-274, 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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