Abstract
Burmapsyllidium Hakim, Azar & Huang, 2021 is an extinct hemipteran genus, known only from amber bioinclusions. To date, it encompasses the two species, Burmapsyllidium setosum Hakim, Azar & Huang, 2021 and Burmapsyllidium grimaldii Hakim, Azar & Huang, 2022, both discovered in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hakim et al., 2021, 2022). This genus is interesting amongst the Paraprotopsyllidiidae, as it is the only taxon displaying M two-branched in the forewings—like in other Protopsyllidioidea where M is two-, three- and rarely four-branched—while the rest of Paraprotopsyllidiidae have M simple. In this work, I revise the diagnosis of Burmapsyllidium setosum and provide a correction to the morphology of the tarsomeres (claws) observed in the type material.
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