Tarachocelis microlepidopterella Mey et al. 2017 (winged insect)

Insecta - Tarachoptera - Tarachocelidae

Full reference: W. Mey, W. Wichard, P. Müller and B. Wang. 2017. The blueprint of the Amphiesmenoptera - Tarachoptera, a new order of insects from Burmese amber (Insecta, Amphiesmenoptera). Fossil Record 20:129-145

Belongs to Tarachocelis according to W. Wichard and W. Mey 2021

See also Mey et al. 2017 and Mey et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Tarachocelis emmarossae

Type specimen: NMS G2010.20.36, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (National Museums Scotland coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (National Museums Scotland coll)

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