Wightipsocus intasi Azar 2014 (bark louse)

Insecta - Psocodea

Full reference: D. Azar. 2014. Tertiary bark lice (Insecta: Psocodea) from the Insect Limestone (Bembridge Marls, Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104:307-316

Belongs to Wightipsocus according to D. Azar 2014

Sister taxa: Wightipsocus acourti, Wightipsocus rossi

Type specimen: BMNH In.24538, a forewing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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