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A new species of the genus Thaumastoptera Mik, 1866, Thaumastoptera burmanica sp. nov., from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar ambers is described and illustrated. The new species represents the first record of the genus Thaumastoptera from Myanmar amber. The new species is similar to another fossil species Thaumastoptera electra Alexander, 1931, by the wing venation, but differs from the latter by the shorter R2+3+4, longer R5, and the position of the r-m distal to R2. A key to all fossil species in this genus is provided.
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