Postopsyllidium grimaldii Hakim et al. 2019 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Postopsyllidiidae

Full reference: M. Hakim, D. Azar, and D. Y. Huang. 2019. Taxonomic names, in New paraneopterans (Protopsyllidioidea, Hemiptera) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 98:136-152

Belongs to Postopsyllidium according to M. Hakim et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Postopsyllidium burmaticum, Postopsyllidium emilyae, Postopsyllidium rebeccae

Type specimen: NIGP168892, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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