Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus

Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nemopteroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Neuropterida Ordo: Neuroptera Subordo: Myrmeleontiformia Superfamilia: Nemopteroidea

Familia: Psychopsidae
Subfamiliae:incertae sedis
Genus:†Ainigmapsychops
Species: †Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus

Name

• Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus Makarkin & Archibald, 2014

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Corner Lot (UWBM Location A0307B), Tom Thumb Tuff Member, Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Washington, USA

Type material

• Holotype:SRUI 99-96-76
  • Repository: Unbiased Insect Collection, Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Beds, Republic, Washington, USA

Etymology

• "From the Latin inexspectatus [-a, -um], unexpected, in reference to the surprise of finding this odd wing"

References

Primary references

• Makarkin, V.N. & Archibald, S.B. 2014. An unusual new fossil genus probably belonging to the Psychopsidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa 3838(3): 385–391. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.3.8 Reference page. 

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