Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Synonym: Zorotypus confirmans Scheven 1990 [replaced name]

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2008. A new apterous Zorotypus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae). Acta Entomologica Slovenica 16:127-136

Belongs to Zorotypus (Zorotypus) according to M. S. Engel 2008

See also Scheven 1990

Sister taxa: Zorotypus (Zorotypus) denticulatus, Zorotypus (Zorotypus) dilaticeps, Zorotypus (Zorotypus) goeleti, Zorotypus (Zorotypus) mnemosyne

Type specimens:

• Zorotypus (Zorotypus) absonus: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Scheven coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
• Zorotypus confirmans: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Scheven coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Scheven coll)

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