Valid Names Results
Kukaspis usingeri Koteja & Poinar, 2001 (Kukaspididae: Kukaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Kukaspis usingeri Koteja & Poinar 2001: 358-360. Type data: UNITED STATES: Alaska, Kuk Inlet at Pugnik Beach, between Brooks Range and the norther Alaskan coastline, in Lower Cretaceous amber. Holotype, male, by original designation accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Alaska | KotejaPo2001
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Sclerotized body parts dark brown. Body 1.32 mm long; wing expanse 3.20 mm long; Abdomen cylindrical with well developed tergal and sternal sclerites, short setae and wax glands. Tail organs peculiar, consisting of 4 flexible filaments (tubes?) protruding from last abdominal tergite; each apparently secreted by a single multilocular gland (Koteja & Poinar, 2001).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Koteja & Poinar (2001).
Illustrations
Citations
- HodgsoHa2013: phylogeny, taxonomy, 799
- KotejaPo2001: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 358-360
- VeaGr2015: phylogeny, 63, 67