†Paradoxosisyra groehni Makarkin 2016 (spongillafly)
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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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