Palerasnitsynus vilarinoi Wichard 2023 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Xiphocentronidae

Full reference: W. Wichard. 2023. Fossil Trichoptera embedded in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Contributions to Entomology 73:167-179

Belongs to Palerasnitsynus according to W. Wichard 2023

Sister taxa: Palerasnitsynus aggregatus, Palerasnitsynus furcatis, Palerasnitsynus gracilis, Palerasnitsynus lepidus, Palerasnitsynus ohlhoffi, Palerasnitsynus qixi, Palerasnitsynus queqiaoi, Palerasnitsynus spinosus, Palerasnitsynus subglobolus, Palerasnitsynus subgrandis, Palerasnitsynus sukatchevae, Palerasnitsynus vulgaris, Palerasnitsynus xiuqiu

Type specimen: ZFMK-TRI000836, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (ZFMK coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (ZFMK coll)

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