Amphinemura himberii Xu et al. 2022 (spring stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Nemouridae

Full reference: C. P. Xu, A. Nel, and J. Millet. 2022. A new species of stonefly from the Miocene amber of China (Plecoptera: Arctoperlaria: Nemouridae). Palaeoworld 32:637-641

Belongs to Amphinemura according to C. P. Xu et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 179634, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Zhangpu amber, which is in a Langhian terrestrial amber in China.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Zhangpu amber

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