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Added on: 8th Dec 2015

 

ORDRALFABETIX

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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