†Longiheptagenia elegantula Yang et al. 2023 (stream mayfly)
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Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Heptageniidae
Full reference: X. M. Yang, Z. P. Zhao, and D. Ren. 2023. Taxonomic names, in Two new species of heptageniids (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) with long antennae from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Cretaceous Research 147(105515)
Belongs to Longiheptagenia according to X. M. Yang et al. 2023
Sister taxon: Longiheptagenia bipartita
Type specimen: CNU-EPH-MA2015966, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection)
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