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

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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