Cretapsocus capillatus Vishnyakova 1975 (bark louse)

Insecta - Psocodea

Full reference: V. N. Vishnyakova. 1975. Psocoptera in Late Cretaceous insect-bearing resins from the Taimyr. Entomological Review 54:63-75

Belongs to Cretapsocus according to E. L. Mockford et al. 2013

See also Vishnyakova 1975

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3130/25, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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