†Nigropterix angustata Sendi 2023 (winged insect)
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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
Belongs to Nigropterix according to H. Sendi 2023
Sister taxon: Nigropterix cummingi
Type specimen: PIN 2383/118, a forewing. Its type locality is Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2383), which is in a Turonian pond mudstone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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