Zorotypus (Zorotypus) dilaticeps Yin et al. 2018 (winged insect)

Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Full reference: Z. W. Yin, C. Y. Cai, D. Y. Huang and M. S. Engel. 2018. Zorotypus dilaticeps sp. nov., a remarkable zorapteran (Zoraptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 91:126-130

Belongs to Zorotypus (Zorotypus) according to Z. W. Yin et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Zorotypus (Zorotypus) absonus, Zorotypus (Zorotypus) denticulatus, Zorotypus (Zorotypus) goeleti, Zorotypus (Zorotypus) mnemosyne

Type specimen: SNUC-Paleo-0033, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Shanghai Normal University SNUC collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Shanghai Normal University SNUC collection)

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