†Parapolycentropus burmiticus Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn 2005 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae
Full reference: D. Grimaldi and A. Rasnitsyn. 2005. Taxonomic names, in Revision of the bizarre Mesozoic scorpionflies in the Pseudopolycentropodidae (Mecopteroidea). Insect Systematics & Evolution 36:443-458
Belongs to Parapolycentropus according to D. Grimaldi and M. A. Johnston 2014
See also Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn 2005
Sister taxon: Parapolycentropus paraburmiticus
Type specimen: AMNH Bu694, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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