Belaphopsocus dominicus Grimaldi and Engel 2006 (booklouse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Liposcelididae

Full reference: D. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel. 2006. Fossil Liposcelididae and the lice ages (Insecta: Psocodea). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:625-633

Belongs to Belaphopsocus according to D. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH DR-14-908, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)

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