Valenzuela proavus Hagen 1856 (lizard barklouse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Caeciliusidae

Alternative combinations: Caecilius proavus, Psocus proavus

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 Valenzuela according to C. Lienhard and C. N. Smithers 2002

See also Enderlein 1911, Hagen 1856, Hagen 1866 and Hagen 1882

Sister taxa: Valenzuela debilis, Valenzuela klebsi, Valenzuela prometheus, Valenzuela scenepipedus, Valenzuela sucinicaptus

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 (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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