Cretacimermis
Appearance
Cretacimermis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Enoplea |
Order: | Mermithida |
Family: | Mermithidae |
Genus: | †Cretacimermis Poinar in Luo et al., 2023[1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Cretacimermis Poinar, 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
[edit]Species:[1]
Scientific name | Age | Type locality | Country | Host | Notes |
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Cretacimermis adelphe Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Dermaptera | |
Cretacimermis aphidophilus Poinar, 2017[4] | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Caulinus burmitis Poinar & Brown, 2005 (Hemiptera, Burmitaphididae) |
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Cretacimermis calypta Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Burmaphlebia reifi Bechly & Poinar, 2013 (Odonata, Burmaphlebiidae) |
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Cretacimermis cecidomyiae Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Diptera, Cecidomyiidae | |
Cretacimermis chironomae Poinar, 2011[3] | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Diptera, Chironomidae | |
Cretacimermis directa Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Orthoptera, Grylloidea | |
Cretacimermis dolor Fang, Poinar & Luo in Fang et al., 2024[5] | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Araneae, Haplogynae, Segestriidae? | |
Cretacimermis incredibilis Luo & 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 libani Poinar et al., 1994. |
Cretacimermis longa Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Blattodea, Mesoblattinidae | |
Cretacimermis manicapsoci Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Psocodea, Manicapsocidae | |
Cretacimermis perforissi Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Hemiptera, Perforissidae | |
Cretacimermis protus Poinar & Buckley, 2006[7] | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Diptera, Ceratopogonidae | |
Cretacimermis psoci Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Myanmar | Psocodea, Compsocidae |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.006. PMID 16737709.