Alienopterix ocularis Mlynský et al. 2018 (winged insect)

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Full reference: T. Mlynský, P. Vršanský, and B. Wang. 2018. Taxonomic names, in Batesian insect-insect mimicry-related explosive radiation of ancient alienopterid cockroaches. Biologia 73:987-1006

Belongs to Alienopterix according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022

See also Mlynský et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Alienopterix mlynskyi, Alienopterix santonicus, Alienopterix smidovae

Type specimen: NIGP154581, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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