Balticopteryx Chen 2018 (winter stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Taeniopterygidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen. 2018. First record of subfamily Brachypterainae (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) in Baltic amber: a new genus and species. Zootaxa 4527:569-574

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

Sister taxa: Brachyptera, Liaotaenionema

Subtaxa: Balticopteryx dui

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Type: Balticopteryx dui

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (ICJUST CZT Chen amber collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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