Diastema planopalatus

“Gap-toothed, flat roof of mouth”
Kingdom
Microsynthera
Phylum
Plasticae
Class
Occlupanida
Order
Orthogonidectes
Family
Kenodontidae
Genus
Diastema
Species
planopalatus
External morphology

Lateral palps. Size 21.5 mm X 25.4 mm

Specimen collected by field researcher K. Blackmer during excavation of an occlupanid hoard in Tennants Harbor, ME. Another specimen was found in North Ireland by S. Rodman, parasitizing thin rubber bands on bundles of beets.