Zorotypus (Octozoros) pecten Mashimo 2019 (winged insect)

Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Full reference: Y. Mashimo. 2019. Taxonomic names, in Zorotypus pecten, a new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4651:565-577

Belongs to Zorotypus (Octozoros) according to Y. Mashimo 2019

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

Type specimen: 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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