Pictala scorpioides Ivanov et al. 2024 (jumping plant louse)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Miralidae

Full reference: G. A. Ivanov, D. D. Vorontsov, and D. E. Shcherbakov. 2024. A remarkable psyllomorph family from Cretaceous Burmese amber, Miralidae stat. nov. (= Dinglidae syn. nov.; Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha). Cretaceous Research 168(106069)

Belongs to Pictala according to G. A. Ivanov et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 5608/330, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (PIN collection 5608), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (PIN collection 5608)

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