Hexameropsis elongatus Lin et al. 2018 (mayfly)

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae

Full reference: Q. Q. Lin, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2018. Taxonomic names, in The latest record of Hexagenitidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) with elongated abdominal sternum IX from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Cretaceous Research 91:140-146

Belongs to Hexameropsis according to Q. Q. Lin et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Hexameropsis africana, Hexameropsis selini

Type specimen: CNU-EPH-MA2018001, 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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