Cretalepisma

Cretalepisma Temporal range: Albian-Cenomanian, 100  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Zygentoma
Family:	Lepismatidae
Genus:	† Cretalepisma Mendes & Wunderlich, 2013
Species:	†C. kachinicum
Binomial name
†Cretalepisma kachinicum Mendes & Wunderlich, 2013

Cretalepisma is an extinct genus of wingless insect belonging to family Lepismatidae in the order Zygentoma (silverfish and allies). It contains one species, Cretalepisma kachinicum. Cretalepisma is known from a single female specimen, preserved in Cretaceous aged Burmese amber. The specimen has a total body length (including paracercum) of 9.7 millimeters, almost twice that of Burmalepisma (the only other Zygentoma known from the same deposits). ^{[1] [2]}

The genus name Cretalepisma is derived from the Latin Creta (chalk) as used in the name of the Cretaceous period, and from Lepisma . The species epithet kachinicum references Kachin, the northernmost state of Myanmar, where the Burmese amber mines are located. ^[1]

References

1. Mendes, Luis F.; Wunderlich, Jörg (2013). "New data on thysanurans preserved in Burmese amber (Microcoryphia and Zygentoma lnsecta)". Soil Organisms. 85 (1): 11–22. ISSN   2509-9523.
2. Guo, Mingxia; Xing, Lida; Wang, Bo; Zhang, Weiwei; Wang, Shuo; Shi, Aimin; Bai, Ming (2017-12-31). "A catalogue of Burmite inclusions". Zoological Systematics. 42 (3): 249–379. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5455467.