†Cretostylops engeli Grimaldi and Kathirithamby 2005 (twisted-winged parasite)
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Insecta - Strepsiptera - Cretostylopidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and J. Kathirithamby. 2005. Taxonomic names, in Strepsiptera and triungula in Cretaceous amber. Insect Systematics & Evolution 36:1-20
Belongs to Cretostylops according to M. S. Engel and D. Y. Huang 2016
See also Grimaldi and Kathirithamby 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH Bu-1558, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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