†Mengea mengei Kulicka 1979 (twisted-winged parasite)
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Insecta - Strepsiptera - Mengeidae
Full reference: R. Kulicka. 1979. Mengea mengei sp. n. from the Baltic amber. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 32:109-112
Belongs to Mengea according to M. S. Engel and D. Y. Huang 2016
See also Kulicka 1979
Sister taxon: Mengea tertiaria
Type specimen: MZ 13561, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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