Psyllipsocus yangi Liang and Liu 2021 (cave barklouse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Psyllipsocidae

Full reference: F. Y. Liang and X. Y. Liu. 2021. A new species of Psyllipsocus (Psocodea: Trogiomorpha: Psyllipsocidae) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. Zootaxa 5072:81-87

Belongs to Psyllipsocus according to M. Weingardt et al. 2025

See also Liang and Liu 2021

Sister taxa: Psyllipsocus eocenicus, Psyllipsocus fushunensis, Psyllipsocus inclusus, Psyllipsocus mili, Psyllipsocus myanmarensis, Psyllipsocus yoshizawai

Type specimen: CAU-BA-LFY-21001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CAU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CAU collection)

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