Pterophasma Yang et al. 2019 (stick insect)

Insecta - Phasmatodea - Pterophasmatidae

Full reference: H. R. Yang, C. K. Shih, D. Ren and T. P. Gao. 2019. Taxonomic names, in Cretaceous winged stick insects clarify the early evolution of Phasmatodea. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286(20191085)

Parent taxon: Pterophasmatidae according to H. R. Yang et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Ambrotophasma, Leptophasma, Meniscophasma

Subtaxa: Pterophasma erromera

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Type: Pterophasma erromera

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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