†Phthanoxenos nervosus Engel and Huang 2016 (twisted-winged parasite)
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Insecta - Strepsiptera - Phthanoxenidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. Y. Huang. 2016. Taxonomic names, in A new twisted-wing parasitoid from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Strepsiptera). Cretaceous Research 58:160-167
Belongs to Phthanoxenos according to M. S. Engel and D. Y. Huang 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 162694, 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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