Perspicuusoperla Chen 2022 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Perspicuusoperlidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen. 2022. Bizarre egg structure uncovers a new family of Plecoptera (Insecta) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Fossil Record 25:75-82

Parent taxon: Perspicuusoperlidae according to Z. T. Chen 2022

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Perspicuusoperla lata

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Type: Perspicuusoperla lata

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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