Cretacimermis

Cretacimermis Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Enoplea
Order:	Mermithida
Family:	Mermithidae
Genus:	† Cretacimermis Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
CretacimermisPoinar, 2001 (invalidly established) [2]

Cretacimermis is a collective group genus of fossil mermithid nematodes from the Cretaceous that cannot be placed in extant genera. ^[3]

Species

Species: ^[1]

Scientific name	Age	Type locality	Country	Host	Notes
Cretacimermis adelpheLuo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Dermaptera
Cretacimermis aphidophilusPoinar, 2017 [4]	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Caulinus burmitis Poinar & Brown, 2005 (Hemiptera, Burmitaphididae)
Cretacimermis calyptaLuo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Burmaphlebia reifi Bechly & Poinar, 2013 (Odonata, Burmaphlebiidae)
Cretacimermis cecidomyiaeLuo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Diptera, Cecidomyiidae
Cretacimermis chironomaePoinar, 2011 [3]	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Diptera, Chironomidae
Cretacimermis directaLuo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Orthoptera, Grylloidea
Cretacimermis dolorFang, Poinar & Luo in Fang et al., 2024 [5]	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Araneae, Haplogynae, Segestriidae?
Cretacimermis incredibilisLuo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Archaeognatha
Cretacimermis libani(Poinar et al., 1994) Poinar, 2001 [2] [6]	Early Cretaceous (Barremian)	Lebanese amber	Lebanon	Diptera, Chironomidae	Originally named Heleidomermis libaniPoinar et al., 1994.
Cretacimermis longaLuo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Blattodea, Mesoblattinidae
Cretacimermis manicapsociLuo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Psocodea, Manicapsocidae
Cretacimermis perforissiLuo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Hemiptera, Perforissidae
Cretacimermis protusPoinar & Buckley, 2006 [7]	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Diptera, Ceratopogonidae
Cretacimermis psociLuo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Psocodea, Compsocidae

See also

• Heydenius

References

1. Luo, C.; Poinar, G. O.; Xu, C.; Zhuo, D.; Jarzembowski, E. A.; Wang, B. (2023). "Widespread mermithid nematode parasitism of Cretaceous insects". eLife. 12. e86283. doi: 10.7554/eLife.86283 . PMC   10348742 . PMID   37449724.
2. Poinar, G. O. (2001). "Nematoda and Nematomorpha". In Thorp, J.H.; Covich, A.P. (eds.). Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates (2nd ed.). New York, NY, USA: Academic Press. pp. 255–295. doi:10.1016/B978-012690647-9/50010-7. ISBN   9780126906479.
3. Poinar, G. O. (2011). "Appendix I. Taxonomic descriptions of previously known and new fossil nematode taxa". The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As revealed in stone, amber and mummies. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives. Vol. 9. Brill Publishers. pp. 247–357. doi:10.1163/9789047428664_015. ISBN   9789004175211.
4. Poinar, G. O. (2017). "A mermithid nematode, Cretacimermis aphidophilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), parasitising an aphid (Hemiptera: Burmitaphididae) in Myanmar amber: a 100 million year association". Nematology . 19 (5): 509–513. doi:10.1163/15685411-00003063.
5. Fang, H.; Poinar, G. O.; Wang, H.; Wang, B.; Luo, C. (2024). "First spider-parasitized mermithid nematode from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 158. 105866. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15805866F. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105866.
6. Poinar, G. O.; Acra, A.; Acra, F. (1994). "Earliest fossil nematode (Mermithidae) in cretaceous Lebanese amber" (PDF). Fundamental and Applied Nematology . 17 (5): 475–477.
7. Poinar, G. O.; Buckley, R. (2006). "Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in early Cretaceous amber". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology . 93 (1): 36–41. Bibcode:2006JInvP..93...36P. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.006. PMID   16737709.