''Jerseyempheria'' is an extinct genus of empheriid
psocodea
Psocodea is a taxonomic group of insects comprising the bark lice, book lice and parasitic lice. It was formerly considered a superorder, but is now generally considered by entomologists as an order. Despite the greatly differing appearance of ...
n which existed in what is now
New Jersey
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during the
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...
period.
It was named by Dany Azar, André Nel and Julian F. Petrulevicius in
2010
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, and the type species is ''Jerseyempheria grimaldii''.
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References
Psocoptera genera
Monotypic prehistoric insect genera
Cretaceous insects
Fossil taxa described in 2010
Prehistoric insects of North America
Trogiomorpha
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