†Embidopsocus saxonicus Günther 1989 (booklouse)
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Insecta - Psocodea - Liposcelididae
Full reference: K. K. Günther. 1989. Empidopsocus saxonicus sp. n., eine neue fossile Psocoptera-Art aus Sächsischem Bernstein des Bitterfelder Raumes (Insecta: Pscoptera: Liposcelidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 65:321-325
Belongs to Embidopsocus according to A. Nel et al. 2004
See also Günther 1989
Sister taxa: Embidopsocus eocenicus, Embidopsocus pankowskiorum
Type specimen: MfN MB.I.704, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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