†Paleotriatoma Poinar 2018 (assassin bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae
Full reference: G. Poinar. 2018. A primitive triatomine bug, Paleotriatoma metaxytaxa gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 93:90-97
Parent taxon: Triatominae according to G. Poinar 2018
Sister taxon: Triatomini
Subtaxa: Paleotriatoma metaxytaxa
Type: Paleotriatoma metaxytaxa
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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