Eomerope macabeensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mecoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 macabeensis

Name

Eomerope macabeensis Archibald, Rasnitsyn & Akhmetiev, 2005

⧼Type Material⧽

• Holotype: UCCIPR L-18F-826 (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

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 macabeensis refers to the McAbee locality (The name “McAbee” is derived from the surname of a local pioneering family. It is spelled “mac-” not “mc-” in accordance with ICZN Grammar appendices, Appendix D III, Article 21a; International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 1985)."

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. & Akhmetiev, M.A. 2005. The ecology and distribution of Cenozoic Eomeropidae (Mecoptera), and a new species of Eomerope Cockerell from the Early Eocene McAbee locality, British Columbia, Canada. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(4): 503–514. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0503:EADOCE]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0013-8746. Reference page. 

Additional 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.