Kinitocelis brevicostata 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 Kinitocelis according to W. Wichard and W. Mey 2021

See also Mey et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Kinitocelis dashengi, Kinitocelis divisonotata, Kinitocelis hennigi, Kinitocelis macroptera, Kinitocelis patrickmuelleri, Kinitocelis sparsella

Type specimen: MfN BUB 399, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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