Microberotha macculloughi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mantispoidea

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: Hemerobiiformia Superfamilia: Mantispoidea

Familia: Berothidae
Subfamilia: Cyrenoberothinae
Genus: †Microberotha
Species: †Microberotha macculloughi

Name

†Microberotha macculloughi Archibald & Makarkin, 2004: 66

Type material

• Holotype: NH.998.015.002
• Repository: Okanagan Heritage Museum, Kelowna, Central Okanagan region, British Columbia, Canada

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Kamloops Group, Hat Creek Coal Formation, Hat Creek Amber; Hat Creek Area, Thompson-Nicola region, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "The species is named in honour of Terry McCullough, in appreciation of his efforts in support of paleontology at Hat Creek. The specific epithet macculloughi is formed ("mac-" not "mc-") in accordance with recommendations of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (refer to “Appendix D: Recommendations on the formation of names; part III. Names based on personal names; Article 21a” in International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 1985)."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Kamloops Group, Hat Creek Coal Formation, Hat Creek Amber; Hat Creek Area, Thompson-Nicola region, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• Archibald, S.B. & Makarkin, V.N. 2004. New genus of minute Berothidae (Neuroptera) from Early Eocene amber of British Columbia. The Canadian Entomologist 136(1): 61–76. DOI: 10.4039/n03-043 PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Poinar, G.O. Jr, Archibald, S.B. & Brown, A. 1999. New amber deposit provides evidence of early Paleogene extinctions, paleoclimates, and past distributions. The Canadian Entomologist 131(2): 171-177. doi:10.4039/Ent131171-2. ISSN 0008-347X.  Reference page. 
• Machado, R.J.P., Martins, C.C., Aspöck, H., Tavares, L.G.D.M. & Aspöck, U. 2022. The first cave associated genus of Berothidae (Insecta: Neuroptera), and a new interpretation of the subfamily Cyrenoberothinae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(4): 1422–1444. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab104. ISSN 0024-4082.  Reference page.