†Embidopsocus eocenicus Nel et al. 2004 (booklouse)
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Insecta - Psocodea - Liposcelididae
Full reference: A. Nel, G. de Ploëg, and D. Azar. 2004. The oldest Liposcelididae in the lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin (Insecta: Psocoptera). Geologica Acta 2:31-36
Belongs to Embidopsocus according to A. Nel et al. 2005
See also Nel et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Embidopsocus pankowskiorum, Embidopsocus saxonicus
Type specimen: MNHN PA 4151 1/5, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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