Taeniopteryx ciliata Pictet and Hagen 1856 (winter stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Taeniopterygidae

Full reference: F. J. Pictet and H. Hagen. 1856. Die im Bernstein befindlichen Neuropteren der Vorwelt. Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 2(2):41-126

Belongs to Taeniopteryx according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1987

See also Pictet and Hagen 1856

Sister taxon: Taeniopteryx elongata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Berendt collection

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