Zoraptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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Zorotypinae
Silvestri, 1913
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Zorotypus
Silvestri, 1913
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Zorotypus
Silvestri, 1913
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Zorotypus
(
Zorotypus
)
absonus
Engel, 2008
urn:lsid:Zoraptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:467708
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Engel. 2008. Acta Entomologica Slovenica 16(2):131
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Zorotypus
(
Zorotypus
)
absonus
urn:lsid:Zoraptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:467708
Scrutiny:
Maehr, 2015, Engel a thorough and compelling explanation of why the new name (absonus) is needed for the specimen used by Scheven (1990) for Zoraptera confirmans, designating it a nomen nudum et invalidum.
Type specimen information:
Type locality: ; Fossil: Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: Male
Location of type: Hagen
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