Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Metretopodidae
Full reference: R. J. Godunko, C. Neumann, and A. H. Staniczek. 2019. Revision of fossil Metretopodidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in Baltic amber – Part 4: Description of two new species of Siphloplecton Clemens, 1915, with notes on the new S. jaegeri species group and with key to fossil male adults of Siphloplecton. ZooKeys 898:1-26
Belongs to Siphloplecton according to R. J. Godunko et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Siphloplecton barabani, Siphloplecton demoulini, Siphloplecton gattolliati, Siphloplecton hageni, Siphloplecton jaegeri, Siphloplecton macrops, Siphloplecton picteti, Siphloplecton sartorii, Siphloplecton studemannae
Type specimen: SMNS BB-2377, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde (SMNS) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde (SMNS) collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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