New Genus and Species of Webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) from the Mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar with a Catalog of Fossil Members
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Current Name | Geological Age | Distribution | Reference |
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Alexarasniidae | |||
Alexarasnia limbata Aristov, 2017 | Permian (Capitanian) | Russia | [5] |
Alexarasnia rossica Gorochov, 2011 | Permian (Capitanian) | Russia | [6] |
Madygembia rasnitsyni Aristov and Storozhenko, 2021 | Middle–Upper Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian) | Kyrgyzstan | [7] |
Nestorembia novojilovi Shcherbakov, 2015 | Middle–Upper Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian) | Kyrgyzstan | [8] |
Nestorembia shcherbakovi Aristov, 2017 | Middle–Upper Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian) | Kyrgyzstan | [5] |
Nikloembia kusnezovi Shcherbakov, 2015 | Permian (Capitanian) | Russia | [8] |
Palaeomesorthopteron pullum Aristov, Grauvogel-Stamm and Marchal-Papier, 2011 | Triassic (Anisian) | France | [7,9] |
Anisembiidae | |||
Glyphembia amberica Ross, 2003 | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Dominican Republic | [10] |
Glyphembia vetehae (Szumik, 1998) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Dominican Republic | [10] |
Poinarembia rota Ross, 2003 | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Dominican Republic | [10] |
Clothodidae | |||
Atmetoclothoda orthotenes Engel and Huang, 2016 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [11] |
Gnethoda ancyla Cui and Engel, 2020 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [12] |
Gnethoda lata Liu, Shi, Ren and Yang sp. nov. | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | This study |
Gnethoda odontophora Lai, Yang and Zhang, 2022 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [13] |
Gnethoda putshkovi Anisyutkin and Perkovsky, 2022 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [14] |
Gnethoda symmetrica Cui and Engel, 2020 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [12] |
Henoclothoda simplex Cui and Engel, 2020 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [12] |
Ocrognethoda olivea Liu, Shi, Ren and Yang gen. et sp. nov. | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | This study |
Perissoclothoda myrrhokaris Chen and Zhang, 2023 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [15] |
Embiidae | |||
Electroembia antiqua (Pictet, 1854) | Eocene (Lutetian) | Baltic | [16] |
Galloembia raholai Falières, Engel and Nel 2021 | Eocene (Ypresian) | France | [17] |
Lithembia florissantensis (Cockerell, 1908) | Eocene–Oligocene | Colorado | [18] |
Notoligotomidae | |||
Burmitembia venosa Cockerell, 1919 | Cretaceous (Albian) | Myanmar | [19] |
Oligotomidae | |||
Litoclostes delicatus Engel and Huang, 2016 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [8] |
Rasnalexiidae | |||
Rasnalexia rasnitsyni Gorochov, 2021 | Middle–Upper Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian) | Kyrgyzstan | [20] |
Scelembiidae | |||
Kumarembia hurleyi Engel and Grimaldi, 2011 | Eocene (Ypresian) | India | [21] |
Multivena curvivena Lai, Yang and Zhang, 2022 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [13] |
Parasorellembia groehni Anisyutkin and Perkovsky, 2022 | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | [14] |
Parasorellembia hamata Liu, Shi, Ren and Yang sp. nov. | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Myanmar | This study |
Sorellembia estherae Engel and Grimaldi, 2006 | Cretaceous (Albian) | Myanmar | [22] |
Teratembiidae | |||
Oligembia vetusta Szumik, 1994 | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Dominican Republic | [23] |
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Liu, S.; Peng, Z.; Shi, C.; Ren, D.; Yang, Q. New Genus and Species of Webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) from the Mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar with a Catalog of Fossil Members. Insects 2024, 15, 636. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090636
Liu S, Peng Z, Shi C, Ren D, Yang Q. New Genus and Species of Webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) from the Mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar with a Catalog of Fossil Members. Insects. 2024; 15(9):636. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090636
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Siting, Zihao Peng, Chaofan Shi, Dong Ren, and Qiang Yang. 2024. "New Genus and Species of Webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) from the Mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar with a Catalog of Fossil Members" Insects 15, no. 9: 636. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090636