Electroembia antiqua Pictet and Hagen 1856 (webspinners)

Insecta - Embioptera - Embiidae

Alternative combinations: Embia antiqua, Oligotoma antiqua

Full reference: F. J. Pictet and H. Hagen. 1856. Die im Bernstein befindlichen Neuropteren der Vorwelt. Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 2(2):41-126

Belongs to Electroembia according to M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi 2011

See also Hagen 1866, Hagen 1885, Pictet 1854, Pictet and Hagen 1856 and Ross 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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