Cretaconiopteryx zhengpengyueae Chen et al. 2022 (dustywing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae

Full reference: Z. L. Chen, Z. L. Zhang, D. Zhuo and X. Y. Liu. 2022. New dustywings of the extinct subfamily Cretaconiopteryginae (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 142(105381)

Belongs to Cretaconiopteryx according to Z. L. Chen et al. 2022

Sister taxon: Cretaconiopteryx grandis

Type specimen: CAU BA-ZD-22003, 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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