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Platythyrea scalprum

Taxonomy

Platythyrea scalprum was named by Lattke (2003). Its type specimen is AMNH DR-14-35, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Sister species

P. dentata, P. dlusskyi, P. primaeva, P. procera, P. pumilio

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Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2003	Platythyrea scalprum Lattke p. 110 fig. 3,4
2012	Platythyrea scalprum Bolton

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