Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Alternative combination: Zorotypus goeleti

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2000. A winged Zorotypus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae), with discussion on relationships of and within the order. Acta Geologica Hispanica 35:149-164

Belongs to Zorotypus (Zorotypus) according to M. S. Engel 2003

See also Engel and Grimaldi 2000

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

Type specimen: AMNH DR-14-34, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)

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