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Cretacetrocta libanella

Insecta - Psocodea - Pachytroctidae

Taxonomy
Cretacetrocta libanella was named by Hakim et al. (2024). Its type specimen is BKT-12A, an exoskeleton (Individual mostly complete, relatively well-preserved, except for abdomen), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Amber of Bqaatouta, Caza Kesserouan, which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon. It is the type species of Cretacetrocta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Cretacetrocta libanella Hakim and Azar p. 169 fig. 3C
2024Cretacetrocta libanella Hakim et al. p. 397 figs. 2-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
orderPsocodea
suborderTroctomorpha
infraorderPachytroctetae
familyPachytroctidae()
subfamilyTapinellinae
genusCretacetrocta
specieslibanella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cretacetrocta libanella Hakim et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Hakim et al. 2024Maxillary palpus without conical sensillum on second segment from base. Lacinia with outer cusp bidenticulate. Forewing with small pterostigma, not tinted; Rs separating before pterostigma; Rs and M connected by short crossvein; CuP and A meeting shortly before wing margin, wing-coupling structures present (nodulus present). Hindwing without vein Sc or basiradial cell. Claws asymmetrical, without pulvillus, one side with three small sharp spurs and one strong preapical tooth. Female subgenital plate with T-shaped sclerite.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Cretacetrocta libanella (type locality: 235379)