PREHISTORIC BUGS AND INSECTS
Added on: 25th Feb 2016
EKTATOTRICHA
Ektatotricha is an extinct, monotypic genus of antlike stone
beetle in the family Staphylinidae containing the single species
Ektatotricha paradoxa. The most fascinating part of this one though
is its name since it’s a combination of the Greek ektatos, for
“extended,” which refers to the visible fifth and sixth abdominal
sterna, and tricha, meaning “hair.” The species name,
paradoxa, is also from the Greek paradoxon for “riddle.”
CANTABRORAPHIDIA
Cantabroraphidia is an extinct genus of snakefly in the family
Mesoraphidiidae. The genus is solely known from fossil ambers
found in Cantabria, in northern Spain, dating to the Albian age
of the Early Cretaceous Period.
AMARANTORAPHIDIA
Amarantoraphidia is an extinct genus of snakefly in the family
Mesoraphidiidae. The genus is solely known from the Early
Cretaceous, from the subdivision known as the Albian age,
which makes it over 100 million years old.
JURAHYLOBITTACUS
Jurahylobittacus is an extinct genus of hangingfly in the family
Bittacidae, which makes it a brother to Formosibittacus. It is
known only from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, part
of the Daohugou Beds, near the village of Daohugou in Ningcheng
County, in north eastern China.
FORMOSIBITTACUS
Formosibittacus is another prehistoric and currently extinct genus
of hanging fly in the family Bittacidae and it is estimated to be
around 170 million years old.
BOHEMIATUPUS
This ancient and extinct genus of griffen fly takes its name from
the land known as Bohemia, the historical central European region
and the meganeurid genus Tupus, to which Bohemiatupus is related.
As for its age? Way older than any historical human construction.
RHYNIOGNATHA
Rhyniognatha hirsti is the world’s oldest known insect. It emerged
during the Early Devonian Period, around 400 million years ago, when
Earth’s first terrestrial ecosystems were still being formed.
ALLORAPISMA
Allorapisma is an extinct genus of lacewing in the moth lacewings
family Ithonidae. The genus is solely known from two Eocene fossils
found in North America. At the time of its description the genus
was composed of a single species, Allorapisma chuorum.
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