Cretapsyche palpinova Wichard and Neumann 2019 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Cretapsychidae

Full reference: W. Wichard and C. Neumann. 2019. A new bizarre dysoneurid species (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Burmese amber. Fossil Record 22:51-56

Belongs to Cretapsyche according to W. Wichard 2021

See also Wichard and Neumann 2019

Sister taxa: Cretapsyche circula, Cretapsyche elegans, Cretapsyche insueta, Cretapsyche kachini, Cretapsyche myanmari

Type specimen: MfN MB.I.7340, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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