Perspicuusoperla lata 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

Belongs to Perspicuusoperla according to Z. T. Chen 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CZT-PLE-MA11, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

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

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