Insecta - Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae

Full reference: X. M. Lu, W. W. Zhang, B. Wang, M. S. Engel, and X. Y. Liu. 2020. A new and diverse paleofauna of the extinct snakefly family Baissopteridae from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar (Raphidioptera). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 20:565-595

Belongs to Baissoptera according to X. M. Lu et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Baissoptera bicolor, Baissoptera brasiliensis, Baissoptera burmana, Baissoptera cellulosa, Baissoptera cretaceoelectra, Baissoptera elongata, Baissoptera grandis, Baissoptera liaoningensis, Baissoptera lisae, Baissoptera martinsoni, Baissoptera monopoda, Baissoptera pankowskiorum, Baissoptera pulchra, Baissoptera sibirica, Baissoptera sinica, Baissoptera wangi

Type specimen: NIGP163570, 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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