Insecta - Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae
Alternative combinations: Micropteryx pervetus, Sabatinca pervetus
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1919. Two interesting insects in Burmese amber. The Entomologist 52:193-195
Belongs to Sabatinca according to W. T. Zhang et al. 2017
See also Cockerell 1919, Davis 1978, Ross and York 2000, Sohn et al. 2012 and Whalley 1977
Sister taxa: Sabatinca cretacea, Sabatinca limula, Sabatinca pouilloni
Type specimen: BMNH In.19135, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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