†Amnestus priscus Thomas 1994 (burrowing bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Full reference: D. B. Thomas. 1994. Fossil Cydnidae (Heteroptera) in the Dominican Amber. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 102(3):303-309
Belongs to Amnestus according to D. B. Thomas 1994
Sister taxa: Amnestus electricus, Amnestus guapinolinus
Type specimen: AMNH DR-8-48, 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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