†Cretapsyche kachini Wichard and Espeland 2022 (caddisfly)
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Insecta - Trichoptera - Cretapsychidae
Full reference: W. Wichard and M. Espeland. 2022. The family Cretapsychidae (Insecta, Trichoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 833:1-11
Belongs to Cretapsyche according to W. Wichard and M. Espeland 2022
Sister taxa: Cretapsyche circula, Cretapsyche elegans, Cretapsyche insueta, Cretapsyche myanmari, Cretapsyche palpinova
Type specimen: ZFMK-TRI000829, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (ZFMK coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (ZFMK coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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