Republica (insect)

Republica weatbrooki

Not to be confused with Republica (plant).

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cephalozygoptera

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 Superordo: Odonatoptera Ordo: Odonata Subordo: †Cephalozygoptera

Superfamilia: †Eodichromatoidea
Familiae: †Eodichromatidae
Subfamilia: †Eodichromatinae
Tribe: †Eodichromatini
Genus:†Republica
Species: R. weatbrooki

Name

• †Republica Archibald & Cannings, 2021

Type species: †Republica weatbrooki Archibald & Cannings, 2021

Etymology

• The genus name is the Latinized form of Republic, the town where the only known specimen was found. Gender, feminine.

References

• Archibald, S.B. & Cannings, R.A. 2021. A new genus and species of Euphaeidae (Odonata, Zygoptera) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands locality at Republic, Washington, U.S.A. Zootaxa 4966(3): 392–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.11 Reference page. 

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