†Archimenopon myanmarensis Zhang et al. 2024 (parasitic louse)
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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
Belongs to Archimenopon according to Y. J. Zhang et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: EMTG BU-MA002385-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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