Psyllipsocus fushunensis Zhang et al. 2016 (cave barklouse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Psyllipsocidae

Alternative combination: Sinopsyllipsocus fushunensis

Full reference: Q. Q. Zhang, A. Nel, D. Azar and B. Wang. 2016. New Chinese psocids from Eocene Fushun amber (Insecta: Psocodea). Alcheringa 40:366-372

Belongs to Psyllipsocus according to M. Weingardt et al. 2025

See also Álvarez‐Parra et al. 2024, Hakim et al. 2017 and Zhang et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Psyllipsocus eocenicus, Psyllipsocus inclusus, Psyllipsocus mili, Psyllipsocus myanmarensis, Psyllipsocus yangi, Psyllipsocus yoshizawai

Type specimen: NIGP 156986, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (NIGP collection)

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