Paradoxosisyra groehni 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

Belongs to Paradoxosisyra according to V. N. Makarkin 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIH 4580, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GPIH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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