Dewaltoperla edwardi Chen 2023 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Peltoperlidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen. 2023. A new peltoperlid stonefly from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae). Cretaceous Research 150(105596)

Belongs to Dewaltoperla according to Z. Chen et al. 2025

See also Chen 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CZT-PLE-MA14, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University collection)

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