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Zorotypus cretatus

Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Taxonomy
Zorotypus cretatus was named by Engel and Grimaldi (2002). Its type specimen is AMNH Bu-044, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Zorotypus cretatus Engel and Grimaldi p. 4 fig. 1,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Haplocercata
orderZorapteraSilvestri 1913
familyZorotypidaeSilvestri 1913
genusZorotypusSilvestri 1913
speciescretatus

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.

†Zorotypus cretatus Engel and Grimaldi 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available