Thylacella eocenica Nel et al. 2005 (scaly-winged bark louse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Lepidopsocidae

Full reference: A. Nel, J. Prokop, G. De Ploeg and J. Millet. 2005. New Psocoptera (Insecta) from the lowermost Eocene Amber of Oise, France. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3(4):371-391

Belongs to Thylacella according to S. Álvarez‐Parra et al. 2024

See also Nel et al. 2005

Sister taxon: Thylacella eversiana

Type specimen: MNHN PA 1478, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy

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