Mimaplax ekrypsan Jiang et al. 2019 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Mimarachnidae

Full reference: T. Jiang, J. Szwedo, and B. Wang. 2019. A unique camouflaged mimarachnid planthopper from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Scientific Reports 9(13112):1-11

Belongs to Mimaplax according to T. Jiang et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP170539, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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