Enoplea - Mermithida - Mermithidae
Full reference: G. Poinar and R. Buckley. 2006. Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in Early Cretaceous amber. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 93:36-41
Belongs to Cretacimermis according to C. H. Luo et al. 2023
See also Poinar 2011 and Poinar and Buckley 2006
Sister taxa: Cretacimermis adelphe, Cretacimermis aphidophilus, Cretacimermis calypta, Cretacimermis cecidomyiae, Cretacimermis chironomae, Cretacimermis directa, Cretacimermis dolor, Cretacimermis incredibilis, Cretacimermis libani, Cretacimermis longa, Cretacimermis manicapsoci, Cretacimermis perforissi, Cretacimermis psoci
Type specimen: Its type locality is Burmese amber (Ron Buckley amber collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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