†Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) electrans Mendes 1998 (silverfish)
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Insecta - Zygentoma - Lepismatidae
Full reference: L. F. Mendes. 1998. Second contribution to the study of the Dominican Republic amber Zygentoma (Insecta): family Lepismatidae. The Canadian Entomologist 130:899-904
Belongs to Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) according to L. F. Mendes 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Sturm LEP-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (H. Sturm coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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