Palaeopsilotreta xiai Wichard and Wang 2016 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Odontoceridae

Full reference: W. Wichard and B. Wang. 2016. A remarkable caddisfly with bipectinate antennae in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta, Trichoptera). Cretaceous Research 69:198-203

Belongs to Palaeopsilotreta according to W. Wichard 2021

See also Wichard et al. 2020 and Wichard and Wang 2016

Sister taxa: Palaeopsilotreta burmanica, Palaeopsilotreta cretacea, Palaeopsilotreta kachini, Palaeopsilotreta succini

Type specimen: NIGP 164781, 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

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