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Amber Inclusions from Myanmar – Windows into an Ancient World
For nearly 100 million years, Kachin amber has preserved extraordinary traces of a vanished ecosystem.
Inclusion(s):
Strepsiptera – Twisted-wing parasite (Fächerflügler)
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Collection Number:
KA88/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Body length 4.1 mm
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Amber Size:
13 x 7 x 3 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
A very rare adult twisted wing parasite (Strepsiptera) from Kachin amber. Strepsiptera are highly specialized parasites of other insects and have a very sparse fossil record. Their parasitic lifestyle was already established nearly 100 million years ago.
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