Palaeomyrmecolax gracilis Kulicka 2001 (twisted-winged parasite)

Insecta - Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae

Full reference: R. Kulicka. 2001. New genera and species of Strepsiptera from the Baltic amber. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 46:3-16

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

See also Kulicka 2001

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

Type specimen: MZ 19593, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection)

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