†Ambrotophasma Yang et al. 2022 (stick insect)
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Insecta - Phasmatodea - Pterophasmatidae
Full reference: H. R. Yang, M. S. Engel, D. Ren and T. P. Gao. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Mesozoic insect fossils reveal the early evolution of twig mimicry. Science Bulletin 67:1641-1643
Parent taxon: Pterophasmatidae according to H. R. Yang et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Leptophasma, Meniscophasma, Pterophasma
Subtaxa: Ambrotophasma vetulum
Type: Ambrotophasma vetulum
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2018 collection) (Jurassic of China)
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