Zorotypus (Octozoros) pusillus Chen and Su 2019 (winged insect)

Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Full reference: X. Y. Chen and G. F. Su. 2019. A new species of Zorotypus (Insecta, Zoraptera, Zorotypidae) and the earliest known suspicious mating behavior of zorapterans from the mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57:555-560

Belongs to Zorotypus (Octozoros) according to X. Y. Chen and G. F. Su 2019

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

Type specimen: CSCLRCAB100123‐1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CSCLR collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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