Cretapsyche elegans

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Trichoptera
Subordo: Integripalpia
Superfamilia: Phryganeoidea
Familia: †Dysoneuridae
Genus: †Cretapsyche
Species: †Cretapsyche elegans

Name

Cretapsyche elegans Wichard et al., 2017

Distribution

Asia

• Myanmar
  • Burmese amber

Temporal range: Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous)

type specimen: MfN MB.I.7273, an exoskeleton

References

• Wichard, W., Neumann, C., Müller, P. & Wang, B. 2017. Family Dysoneuridae (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 82: 138–146. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.008 . Reference page. 

Links

• Cretapsyche elegans – Taxon details on Fossilworks.