Zorotypus cretatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zoraptera

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 Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Zoraptera

Species incertae sedis: †Zorotypus cretatus

Name

Zorotypus cretatus Engel & Grimaldi, 2002: 4

Holotype: AMNH [amber collection, Division of Invertebrate Zoology]. Sex indeterminate; Myanmar: Cretaceous, Kachin: Tanai Village (on Ledo Rd. 105 km NW Myitkyna), coll. Leeward Capitol Corp., 1999, AMNH Bu-044.

Type locality: Myanmar: Cretaceous, Kachin: Tanai Village (on Ledo Rd. 105 km NW Myitkyna).

References

Primary references

• Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2002. The first Mesozoic Zoraptera (Insecta). American Museum Novitates 3362: 1–20. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2002)362<0001:TFMZI>2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/2915 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kočárek, P., Kočárková, I. & Kundrata, R. 2026. Morphology of male genitalia, legs, and wing venation reveals the classification of Mesozoic Zoraptera (Insecta). Frontiers in Zoology 23: article number 8. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-025-00595-x . Reference page.