†Cryptelencholax Kogan and Poinar 2019 (twisted-winged parasite)
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Insecta - Strepsiptera - Protelencholacidae
Full reference: M. Kogan and G. O. Poinar. 2019. Fossil Strepsiptera (Insecta) of the Poinar Amber Collection with description of one new genus and 12 new neotropical species in the families Protelencholacidae, Elenchidae, and Myrmecolacidae. Historical Biology 32:1215-1276
Parent taxon: Protelencholacidae according to M. Kogan and G. O. Poinar 2019
Sister taxon: Protelencholax
Subtaxa: Cryptelencholax poinari
Type: Cryptelencholax poinari
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
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