†Cretopiesma suukyiae Grimaldi and Engel 2008 (flat bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Aradidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel. 2008. An unusual, primitive Piesmatidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma). American Museum Novitates 3611:1-17
Belongs to Cretopiesma according to D. Azar et al. 2020
See also Grimaldi and Engel 2008
Sister taxa: Cretopiesma anticum, Cretopiesma engelgrimaldii, Cretopiesma inexpectatum, Cretopiesma lini
Type specimen: AMNH Bu-958, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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