Zorotypus

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Zorotypus
Zorotypus guineensis.jpg
Zorotypus guineensis, wingless form
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zoraptera
Family: Zorotypidae
Subfamily: Zorotypinae
Genus: Zorotypus
Silvestri, 1913
Type species
Zorotypus guineensis
Silvestri, 1913
Synonyms

FormosozorosChao & Chen, 2000
ZorapteraCaudell, 1923 (misspelling)

Contents

Zorotypus [1] is a genus of angel insects in the family Zorotypidae.

Species

Zorotypus sp. from Ecuador Zorotypus from Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador.jpg
Zorotypus sp. from Ecuador

The type species is Zorotypus guineensis from West Africa. [2]

Other species are found worldwide, mainly in tropical and subtropical regions. Four species occur north of the Tropic of Cancer, two in the Americas and others in Asia and Africa. [2] [3] [4]

Genus ZorotypusSilvestri, 1913
Subgenus ZorotypusSilvestri, 1913
Species Zorotypus amazonensis Rafael & Engel, 2006 – Brazil (Amazonas)
Species Zorotypus asymmetristernum Mashimo, 2018 – Kenya
Species Zorotypus caxiuana Rafael, Godoi & Engel, 2008 – Brazil (Pará)
Species Zorotypus delamarei Paulian, 1949 – Madagascar
Species Zorotypus guineensis Silvestri, 1913 – Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast
Species Zorotypus shannoni Gurney, 1938 – Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso)
Species Zorotypus vinsoni Paulian, 1951 – Mauritius
Species † Zorotypus absonus Engel, 2008 – Dominican Republic (Miocene)
Species † Zorotypus denticulatus Yin, Cai & Huang, 2018
Species † Zorotypus dilaticeps Yin, Cai, Huang & Engel, 2018
Species † Zorotypus goeleti Engel & Grimaldi, 2000 – Dominican Republic (Miocene)
Species † Zorotypus mnemosyne Engel, 2008 – Dominican Republic (Miocene)
Species † Zorotypus palaeus Poinar, 1988 – Dominican Republic (Miocene)
Subgenus † Octozoros Engel, 2003
Species † Zorotypus acanthothorax Engel & Grimaldi, 2002 – Myanmar (Cretaceous)
Species † Zorotypus cenomanianus Yin, Cai & Huang, 2018 – Myanmar (Cretaceous)
Species † Zorotypus hirsutus Mashimo, 2018 – Myanmar (Cretaceous)
Species † Zorotypus hudae (Kaddumi, 2005) – Jordan (Cretaceous)
Species † Zorotypus hukawngi Chen & Su, 2019 – Myanmar (Cretaceous)
Species † Zorotypus nascimbenei Engel & Grimaldi, 2002 – Myanmar (Cretaceous)
Species † Zorotypus pecten Mashimo, 2019 – Myanmar (Cretaceous)
Species † Zorotypus pusillus Chen & Su, 2019 – Myanmar (Cretaceous)
Species † Zorotypus cretatus Engel & Grimaldi, 2002 – Myanmar (Cretaceous)
Species † Zorotypus oligophleps Liu, Zhang, Cai & Li, 2018
Species † Zorotypus robustus Liu, Zhang, Cai & Li, 2018
Zoraptera incertae sedis
Species Zorotypus congensis Van-Ryn-Tournel, 1971 – Congo (Dem.Rep.)
Species Zorotypus javanicus Silvestri, 1913 – Indonesia (Java)
Species Zorotypus juninensis Engel, 2000 – Peru
Species Zorotypus lawrencei New, 1995 – Christmas Island
Species Zorotypus leleupi Weidner, 1976 – Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
Species Zorotypus longicercatus Caudell, 1927 – Jamaica
Species Zorotypus newi (Chao & Chen, 2000) – Taiwan
Species Zorotypus sechellensis Zompro, 2005 – Seychelles
Species Zorotypus swezeyi Caudell, 1922 – United States (Hawaii)

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References

  1. Silvestri F (1913) Boll. Lab. Zool. gen. agr. Portici 7: 196.
  2. 1 2 Maehr, Michael D.; Hopkins, Heidi (2021). "Zoraptera species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  3. MASHIMO, YUTA; MATSUMURA, YOKO; BEUTEL, ROLF G.; NJOROGE, LABAN; MACHIDA, RYUICHIRO (2018-03-04). "A remarkable new species of Zoraptera, Zorotypus asymmetristernum sp. n., from Kenya (Insecta, Zoraptera, Zorotypidae)". Zootaxa. 4388 (3): 407–416. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4388.3.6. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   29690444.
  4. Kočárek, Petr; Horká, Ivona; Kundrata, Robin (2020). "Molecular Phylogeny and Infraordinal Classification of Zoraptera (Insecta)". Insects. 11 (1): 51. doi: 10.3390/insects11010051 . PMC   7023341 . PMID   31940956.