Largusoperla borisi Chen 2018 (common stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Perlidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen. 2018. Key to the fossil genus Largusoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae), with description of two new species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4550:495-500

Belongs to Largusoperla according to Z. T. Chen and B. Wang 2019

See also Chen 2018

Sister taxa: Largusoperla acus, Largusoperla arcus, Largusoperla billwymani, Largusoperla brianjonesi, Largusoperla charliewattsi, Largusoperla crassus, Largusoperla dewalti, Largusoperla difformitatem, Largusoperla flata, Largusoperla micktaylori, Largusoperla reni, Largusoperla zhouchangfai

Type specimen: CZT-PLE-MA4, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University collection)

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