Insecta - Hemiptera - Postopsyllidiidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi. 2003. First amber fossils of the extinct family Protopsyllidiidae and their phylogenetic significance among Hemiptera. Insect Systematics & Evolution 34:329-344
Belongs to Postopsyllidium according to M. Hakim et al. 2019
See also Grimaldi 2003 and Hakim et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Postopsyllidium burmaticum, Postopsyllidium emilyae, Postopsyllidium grimaldii
Type specimen: AMNH BU-137, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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