Cretostylops engeli Grimaldi and Kathirithamby 2005 (twisted-winged parasite)

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)

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