†Amecephala micra Drohojowska et al. 2025 (jumping plant louse)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Liadopsyllidae
Full reference: J. Drohojowska, M. Hakim, D. Huang and J. Szwedo. 2025. A new species Amecephala micra sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Liadopsyllidae) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Insects 16(302)
Belongs to Amecephala according to J. Drohojowska et al. 2025
Sister taxon: Amecephala pusilla
Type specimen: NIGP206856, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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