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Ampezzoa tri****ica is an
extinct species of gall mite
described from the
Carnian of
northeastern Italy. It
lived as a
parasite of
Cheirolepidiaceae trees...
- 230 Ma) of Italy,
where four
microscopic (0.2–0.1 mm) mites, Triasacarus,
Ampezzoa,
Minyacarus and Cheirolepidoptus, and a
poorly preserved nematoceran fly...
- only
known specimen,
preserved in amber, is 0.210 mm long.
Along with
Ampezzoa tri****ica and an
unnamed dipteran, it is the
oldest arthropod found enclosed...
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Notes Images Ampezzoa Gen. et sp. nov.
Valid Lindquist &
Grimaldi in
Schmidt et al.
Carnian Italy A mite. The type
species is
Ampezzoa tri****ica. Archaelagonops...
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similar to the
modern ones, have been
found in Tri****ic
amber from Italy:
Ampezzoa, Triasacarus,
Minyacarus and Cheirolepidoptus,
which were
specialised on...
