†Burmomerope clara Zhao and Wang 2016 (earwigfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Meropeidae
Full reference: X. D. Zhao and B. Wang. 2016. Taxonomic names, in A new earwigfly from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Mecoptera: Meropeidae). Cretaceous Research 66:136-140
Belongs to Burmomerope according to A. Soszyńska-Maj and W. Krzemiński 2017
See also Zhao and Wang 2016
Sister taxa: Burmomerope bashkuevi, Burmomerope eureka
Type specimen: NIGP 164028, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
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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