Amphientomum paradoxum Pictet 1854 (tropical barklouse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Amphientomidae

Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1854. Classe insectes. Traité de Paléontologie: ou, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Fossiles Considérés dans Leurs Rapports Zoologiques et Géologiques 2:301-405

Belongs to Amphientomum according to G. Enderlein 1911

See also Hagen 1865, Hagen 1866, Hagen 1882, Pictet 1854 and Pictet and Hagen 1856

Sister taxa: Amphientomum colpolepis, Amphientomum knorrei, Amphientomum leptolepis, Amphientomum parisiensis

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 (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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