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 maculata, Baissoptera martinsoni, Baissoptera monopoda, Baissoptera pulchra, Baissoptera sibirica, Baissoptera sinica, Baissoptera wangi
Type specimen: SEMC F000385, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (SEMC Kansas coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (SEMC Kansas coll)
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