PREHISTORIC CREEPY-CRAWLIES
Added on: 8th Dec 2015
ORDRALFABETIX
Ordralfabetix is an extinct genus of planthopper in the family
Lophopidae and contains the single species Ordralfabetix sirophatanis.
The species is known only from the Early Eocene, Ypresian stage
Oise amber from the Quesnoy locality, in the Oise Department, France.
NANOTERMES
Nanotermes is an extinct genus of termite in the Isoptera family Termitidae,
known from only one Eocene fossil found in an amber in the Cambay Basin,
which can be found in Gujarat, India. The genus contains a single species,
Nanotermes isaacae, placed tentatively in the subfamily Termitinae.
METANEPHROCERUS
Metanephrocerus is an extinct genus of big-headed flies in the dipteran
subfamily Protonephrocerinae, for which it’s one of only two genera.
The genus contains four species and is known from a group of Middle
Eocene fossils that were found in Europe and a single early
Eocene fossil from North America.
ELECTROSTEPHANUS
Electrostephanus is an extinct genus of crown wasp in the
hymenopteran family Stephanidae, and is the only genus placed in
the subfamily Electrostephaninae. It is known from several Middle Eocene
fossils that were found in Europe.
ARCHIPONERA
Archiponera is an extinct genus of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae.
The genus contains a single species, Archiponera wheeleri, known from
several Late Eocene fossils that were found in North America.
AINIGMAPSYCHOPS
Ainigmapsychops is an extinct genus of lacewing in the silky lacewing
family Psychopsidae. The genus is known from an Eocene fossil found
in North America. At the time of its description the new genus was
composed of a single species, Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus.
MESOJASSOIDES
Mesojassoides is a genus of extinct leafhopper from the Late Cretaceous
period, approximately 66–70 million years ago, found in the Fox Hills
Formation in the American Great Plains. The genus contains a single species,
Mesojassoides gigantea, described from a forewing found in 1932 by
C. H. Dane and W. G. Pierce in Adams County, Colorado.
HAIDOMYRMODES
Haidomyrmodes is an extinct genus of ant in the formicid subfamily
Sphecomyrminae, and is one of only three genera placed in the
tribe Haidomyrmecini. The genus contains a single species,
Haidomyrmodes mammuthus. Haidomyrmodes is known from
several Middle Cretaceous fossils, which were found in Europe.
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