Pinguisoperla Chen 2018 (common stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Perlidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen. 2018. Pinguisoperla, a new fossil genus of Perlidae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4425:596-600

Parent taxon: Perlidae according to Z. T. Chen 2018

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Pinguisoperla yangzhouensis

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Type: Pinguisoperla yangzhouensis

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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