†Zorotypus palaeus Poinar 1988 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae
Full reference: G. O. Poinar. 1988. Zorotypus palaeus, new species, a fossil Zoraptera (Insecta) in Dominican amber. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96:253-259
Belongs to Zorotypus according to G. O. Poinar 1988
Sister taxa: Zorotypus (Octozoros), Zorotypus (Zorotypus), Zorotypus cretatus
Type specimen: USNM BLPC-7406, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll)
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