Prohepialus
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| Prohepialus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | †Prohepialus Piton, 1940 |
| Species: | †P. incertus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Prohepialus incertus Piton, 1940
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Prohepialus is an extinct genus of insect of uncertain phylogenetic placement. It was originally identified as a moth in the family Hepialidae; however, Simonsen, Wagner & Heikkilä (2019) considered it more likely to be a symphytan wasp.[1] It contains only one species, Prohepialus incertus, which was described from a Thanetian crater lake diatomite (Paleocene) in Menat (Puy-de-Dôme), France. A second specimen is known from the Bembridge Marls (Eocene) in the United Kingdom.[2]
References
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- ^ Paleobiology database
External links
[edit | edit source]- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Prohepialus at Wikispecies
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