Paradoxosisyra Makarkin 2016 (spongillafly)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Sisyridae

Full reference: V. N. Makarkin. 2016. Enormously long, siphonate mouthparts of a new, oldest known spongillafly (Neuroptera, Sisyridae) from Burmese amber imply nectarivory or hematophagy. Cretaceous Research 65:126-137

Parent taxon: Paradoxosisyrinae according to V. N. Makarkin 2016

Sister taxa: Buratina, Khobotun, Protosiphoniella, Sidorchukatia

Subtaxa: Paradoxosisyra groehni

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Type: Paradoxosisyra groehni

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GPIH collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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