Siphloplecton macrops Hagen 1856 (mayfly)

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Metretopodidae

Alternative combination: Palingenia macrops

Full reference: H. Hagen. 1856. Taxonomic names, in 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 Siphloplecton according to A. H. Staniczek and R. J. Godunko 2016

See also Demoulin 1968, Hagen 1856 and Staniczek and Godunko 2012

Sister taxa: Siphloplecton barabani, Siphloplecton demoulini, Siphloplecton gattolliati, Siphloplecton hageni, Siphloplecton jaegeri, Siphloplecton landolti, Siphloplecton picteti, Siphloplecton sartorii, Siphloplecton studemannae

Type specimen: MfN MB.I.5150, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Berendt collection

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