†Mesepipsocus clarus Mockford 1969 (elliptical bark louse)
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Insecta - Psocodea - Epipsocidae
Alternative combination: Epipsocus clarus
Full reference: E. L. Mockford. 1969. Fossil insects of the Order Psocoptera from Tertiary amber of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 43(5):1267-1273
Belongs to Mesepipsocus according to C. Lienhard and C. N. Smithers 2002
See also Mockford 1969
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 10175, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-4117, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-4117, Simojovel region
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