Brachyptera dewalti Chen 2023 (winter stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Taeniopterygidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen. 2023. First fossil record of Brachyptera (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) in Eocene Baltic amber. Palaeoworld 32:148-155

Belongs to Brachyptera according to Z. T. Chen 2023

Sister taxon: Brachyptera schmidti

Type specimen: CZT-PLE-BA6, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (ICJUST CZT Chen amber collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (ICJUST CZT Chen amber collection)

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