Nigropterix Sendi 2023 (winged insect)

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Full reference: H. Sendi. 2023. Taxonomic names, in Umenocoleidae (Insecta: Dictyoptera) from Turonian sediments of Kzyl‑Zhar, Kazakhstan and Cenomanian northern Myanmar amber. Biologia 78:1585-1609

Parent taxon: Umenocoleidae according to H. Sendi 2024

See also Sendi 2023

Sister taxa: Alienopterix, Alienopterixinae, Archaeospinapteryx, Blattapterix, Compunctiotypus, Cratovitisma, Elytropterix, Enervipraeala, Laticephalana, Petropterix, Poikiloprosopon, Ponopterix, Pseudoblattapterix, Pseudojantaropterix, Trapezionotum, Umenocoleus, Umenopterix, Umenotypus, Vitisminae, Vzrkadlenie

Subtaxa: Nigropterix angustata Nigropterix cummingi

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Type: Nigropterix angustata

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (2 collections), Myanmar (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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