Elasmophasma stictum 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

Belongs to Elasmophasma according to S. Chen et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Elasmophasma longitubus

Type specimen: CNU-PHA-MA2017004, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll)

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