Burmametra macrocarinata Huang et al. 2015 (marsh treader)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Hydrometridae

Full reference: D. Y. Huang, R. Garrouste, D. Azar, M. S. Engel, and A. Nel. 2015. The fourth Mesozoic water measurer discovered in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Heteroptera: Hydrometridae: Hydrometrinae). Cretaceous Research 52:118-126

Belongs to Burmametra according to R. V. PĂȘgas et al. 2017

See also Huang et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 160800, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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