Mesopsalis oblongus Bartel et al. 2023 (harvestman)

Arachnida - Opiliones - Stylocellidae

Full reference: C. Bartel, J. A. Dunlop, and G. Giribet. 2023. An unexpected diversity of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 5296:421-445

Belongs to Mesopsalis according to C. Bartel et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MfN MB.A.4456, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection)

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