Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Full reference: Y. Mashimo. 2018. Taxonomic names, in The "hairy beast" - Zorotypus hirsutus sp. n., an unusual new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4508:562-568

Belongs to Zorotypus (Octozoros) according to Y. Mashimo 2018

Sister taxa: Zorotypus (Octozoros) acanthothorax, Zorotypus (Octozoros) cenomanianus, Zorotypus (Octozoros) hudae, Zorotypus (Octozoros) hukawngi, Zorotypus (Octozoros) nascimbenei, Zorotypus (Octozoros) pecten, Zorotypus (Octozoros) pusillus

Type specimen: BUB2785, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Patrick Müller collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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