Palaeomyrmecolax weitschati Kinzelbach and Pohl 1994 (twisted-winged parasite)

Insecta - Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae

Alternative combination: Stichotrema weitschati

Full reference: R. K. Kinzelbach and H. Pohl. 1994. The Fossil Strepsiptera (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87(1):59-70

Belongs to Palaeomyrmecolax according to M. S. Engel and D. Y. Huang 2016

See also Kinzelbach and Pohl 1994, Pohl and Beutel 2005 and Pohl and Kinzelbach 1995

Sister taxa: Palaeomyrmecolax giecewiczi, Palaeomyrmecolax gracilis, Palaeomyrmecolax neotropicallis, Palaeomyrmecolax succineus, Palaeomyrmecolax triangulum

Type specimen: GPIHM 3117, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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