†Protolepisma tainicum Mendes and Poinar 2013 (silverfish)
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Insecta - Zygentoma - Lepismatidae
Full reference: L. F. Mendes and G. Poinar. 2013. Description of two new fossil Zygentoma from Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Soil Organisms 85:1-9
Belongs to Protolepisma according to L. F. Mendes and G. Poinar 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Poinar T-1-5, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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