†Retortocelis tyloptera Mey et al. 2018 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Tarachoptera - Tarachocelidae
Full reference: W. Mey, W. Wichard, P. Müller, E. Ross, and A. Ross. 2018. New taxa of Tarachoptera from Burmese amber (Insecta, Amphiesmenoptera). Cretaceous Research 90:154-162
Belongs to Retortocelis according to W. Wichard and W. Mey 2021
See also Mey et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Retortocelis longella, Retortocelis minimella, Retortocelis spicipalpia
Type specimen: MfN MB.I.7288, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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