A hatching aphidlion-like lacewing larva in 100 million years old Kachin amber.

We report a fossil aphidlion-like larva preserved with its egg case in 100 million year old Kachin amber, Myanmar. It appears to have been enclosed very shortly after hatching, especially when comparing it with extant aphidlions during hatching. Although hatching aphidlion-like larvae are known from amber from other localities, this is the first case from Myanmar amber, despite the comparably high number of lacewing larvae known from the latter. © 2022 The Authors. Insect Science published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Joachim T Haug, Kay Lwin Tun, Gideon T Haug, Kyaw Naing Than, Carolin Haug, Marie K Hörnig. A hatching aphidlion-like lacewing larva in 100 million years old Kachin amber. Insect science. 2023 Jun;30(3):880-886

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