A new bizarre dysoneurid species (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Burmese amber

A new bizarre dysoneurid species (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Burmese amber

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We describe an extinct caddisfly species, Cretapsyche palpinova sp.nov., from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.The hoop earrings species belongs to the extinct family Dysoneuridae within the superfamily Sericostomatoidea.The family includes some species with unusual maxillary palps.

Cretapsyche palpinova sp.nov.is characterized by five-segmented maxillary palps, the second segment being the longest, and the third Sweater Dresses segment bearing an unusual pin-shaped appendage.