Paleotriatoma metaxytaxa is a species of fossil insect belonging to the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs) of the family Reduviidae.

[1] The specimen was found at the Noije Bum Mount Amber Mine, excavated in the Hukawng Valley and located southwest of Maingkhwan in the Kachin State of Burma.

[5] With the exception of triatomines (kissing bugs, vinchuca, and various other names), species in the Reduviidae family feed on insects, which they prey on.

It was argued that their diversification was due to changes resulting from the uplift of the Andes and variations in sea levels in North America, which isolated the subcontinent.

The fossil of P. metaxytaxa, found in Myanmar, is not an exception: the portion of Earth's crust containing the amber deposits migrated from Gondwana to its current location.