Bersta coleopteromorpha Tihelka et al. 2020 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Berstidae

Full reference: E. Tihelka, M. S. Engel, D. Y. Huang and C. Y. Cai. 2020. Mimicry in Cretaceous bugs. iScience 23(101280)

Belongs to Bersta according to E. Tihelka et al. 2020

Sister taxon: Bersta vampirica

Type specimen: NIGP171323, 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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