genus
† Cretacetrocta Hakim & Azar, 2024
Type
† Cretacetrocta libanella Hakim & Azar, 2024 type species by original monotypy of † Cretacetrocta Hakim & Azar, 2024
Nomenclature (1)
- † Cretacetrocta Hakim & Azar, 2024 in Hakim, Maalouf & Azar, 2024: 397. (fossil)
type species by original monotypy † Cretacetrocta libanella Hakim & Azar, 2024
Nomenclature references (1)
- Hakim, M., Maalouf, M. & Azar, D. (2024) Cretacetrocta, a new genus of barklice from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Palaeoentomology, 7(3), 395–406. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.3.9
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
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Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
genus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
species | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The generic epithet is a combination of the term “Cretaceous”, the age of the Lebanese amber studied herein, and the term “trocta” taken from “Pachyctrocta”, deriving from the family name Pachytroctidae