Elasmophasma Chen et al. 2018 (stick insect)

Insecta - Phasmatodea

Full reference: S. Chen, X. C. Yin, X. D. Lin, C. K. Shih, R. Z. Zhang, T. P. Gao, and D. Ren. 2018. Stick insect in Burmese amber reveals an early evolution of lateral lamellae in the Mesozoic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285:20180425

Parent taxon: Neophasmatodea according to H. R. Yang et al. 2022

See also Chen et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Echinosomiscinae, Occidophasmata, Oriophasmata, Rhabdophasma, Tanaophasma

Subtaxa: Elasmophasma longitubus Elasmophasma stictum

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Type: Elasmophasma stictum

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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