Zorotypus absonus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zoraptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Zoraptera

Familia: Zorotypidae
Subfamilia: Zorotypinae
Genus: Zorotypus
Species: †Zorotypus absonus

Name

Zorotypus absonus Engel, 2008: 131

Holotype: Museum "Lebendige Vorwelt", Germany (private collection of Joachim Scheven). Winged male.

Type locality: Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber, Dominican Republic (specific mine unknown).

Synonyms

• Zorotypus confirmans Scheven, 1990: 214, figs. 22–23 (nomen nudum et invalidum: no description provided, included in an unpublished work)

References

Primary references

• Engel, M.S. 2008. A new apterous Zorotypus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae). Acta Entomologica Slovenica 16(2): 127–136. PDF. Reference page. 
• Scheven, J. 1990. Stasis in the fossil record as confirmation of a belief in Biblical creation. Pp. 197–216. In: Walsh, R.E. & Brooks, C.L. (eds.) Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Creationism [Volume 1: General Sessions]. [iv]+226 pp. Creation Science Fellowship, Pittsburgh. PDF. [Note: Unpublished work under ICZN Article 9.10]

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