Crossoperla Chen 2024 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Peltoperlidae

Full reference: Z. Chen. 2024. Taxonomy and evolutionary implications of a new fossil stonefly family (Insecta, Plecoptera) from Middle Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. Palaeoworld 34(100854)

Parent taxon: Peltoperlidae according to A. P. Kirkaldy et al. 2025

See also Chen 2024

Sister taxa: Ecdyoperla, Peltoperlinae, Petroperlinae

Subtaxa: Crossoperla teslenkoae

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Type: Crossoperla teslenkoae

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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