Balticopteryx dui 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

Belongs to Balticopteryx according to Z. T. Chen 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CZT-PLE-BA4, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (ICJUST CZT Chen amber collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (ICJUST CZT Chen amber collection)

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