Eomerope eonearctica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mecoptera

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: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Mecoptera

Familia: Eomeropidae
Genus: †Eomerope
Species: †Eomerope eonearctica

Name

Eomerope eonearctica Archibald & Rasnitsyn, 2018

Type material

• Holotype: TRU F-780 (part) (well-preserved female)
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University Institute for Paleontological Research collection, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: Unknown

• Paratype: TRU F-781 (part) (well-preserved forewing)
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University Institute for Paleontological Research collection, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: Unknown

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet combines Eo-, Greek for "dawn", from Eocene, and Nearctic, alluding to the very similar E. asiatica and to the intercontinental dispersal of plants and animals around this time. The name should be treated as an adjective in the nominative singular."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• Archibald, S.B.; Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2018. Two new species of fossil Eomerope (Mecoptera: Eomeropidae) from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands, far-western North America, and Eocene Holarctic dispersal of the genus. The Canadian Entomologist 150(3): 393–403. doi:10.4039/tce.2018.13. ISSN 0008-347X.  Reference page.