†family Archimenoponidae Zhang et al. 2024 (parasitic louse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Archimenoponidae

Full reference: Y. J. Zhang, A. P. Rasnitsyn, W. W. Zhang, F. Song, C. K. Shih, D. Ren, Y. J. Wang, H. Li, and T. P. Gao. 2024. Stem chewing lice on Cretaceous feathers preserved in amber. Current Biology 34:916-922

Parent taxon: Amblycera according to Y. J. Zhang et al. 2024

Sister taxon: Menoponidae

Subtaxa: Archimenopon

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Type: Archimenopon

Ecology:

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

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