Archaeotinodes igneusaper Melnitsky 2009 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Ecnomidae

Full reference: S. I. Melnitsky. 2009. A new caddisfly of the fossil genus Archaeotinodes (Insecta: Trichoptera: Ecnomidae) from the Baltic amber. Paleontological Journal 43:296-299

Belongs to Archaeotinodes according to S. I. Melnitsky 2009

Sister taxa: Archaeotinodes angusta, Archaeotinodes armata, Archaeotinodes dentinosa, Archaeotinodes dives, Archaeotinodes exarata, Archaeotinodes globata, Archaeotinodes grossa, Archaeotinodes hageni, Archaeotinodes ivanovi, Archaeotinodes lanceolata, Archaeotinodes malickyi, Archaeotinodes pauper, Archaeotinodes petropolitana, Archaeotinodes prisca, Archaeotinodes regiomontana, Archaeotinodes reveraverus, Archaeotinodes rossica, Archaeotinodes securifera, Archaeotinodes tenuis, Archaeotinodes uncinata

Type specimen: PIN 364/557, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (PIN collection 364), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Lithuania.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Lithuania (1 collection), Ukraine (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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