Cormopsocus perantiqua Cockerell 1919

Insecta - Psocodea - Cormopsocidae

Alternative combinations: Archaeatropos perantiqua, Psylloneura perantiqua

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1919. Insects in Burmese amber. The Entomologist 52:241-243

Belongs to Cormopsocus according to R. T. Cumming and S. Le Tirant 2021

See also Cockerell 1919, Mockford et al. 2013 and Ross and York 2000

Sister taxa: Cormopsocus baleoi, Cormopsocus groehni, Cormopsocus neli

Type specimen: BMNH In.19136, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH)

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