Electroprojapyx Sánchez-García et al. 2023 (two-pronged bristletails)

Hexapoda - Diplura - Projapygidae

Full reference: A. Sánchez-García, A. Sendra, S. Davis and D. A. Grimaldi. 2023. Fossil diversity in 'dawn' hexapods (Diplura: Projapygoidea), with direct evidence for being chemically predaceous in the Cretaceous. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198:847-870

Parent taxon: Projapygidae according to A. Sánchez-García et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Plioprojapyx, Symphylurinopsis, Symphylurinus

Subtaxa: Electroprojapyx alchemicus

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Type: Electroprojapyx alchemicus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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