Disphaerocephalus macropterus Cockerell 1917 (unique-headed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Enicocephalidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1917. Arthropods in Burmese amber. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 44(263):360-368

Belongs to Disphaerocephalus according to A. J. Ross and P. V. York 2000

See also Cockerell 1917 and Štys 1969

Sister taxa: Disphaerocephalus constrictus, Disphaerocephalus swinhoei

Type specimen: BMNH In.19123(1), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH)

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