Palerasnitsynus

Palerasnitsynus
Temporal range: Cretaceous[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Psychomyiidae
Genus: Palerasnitsynus
Wichard et al. 2011
Type species
P. ohlhoffi
Wichard et al. 2011

Palerasnitsynus is a genus of extinct caddisfly that existed during the Late Albian Cretaceous of Myanmar. It is known from two specimens trapped in amber; one of these is of the type species Palerasnitsynus ohlhoffi, and the species of the second has not been identified.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Wichard, W., Ross, E., and Ross, A.J. (2011). "Palerasnitsynus gen. n. (Trichoptera, Psychomyiidae) from Burmese amber". ZooKeys. 130: 323–330. doi:10.3897/zookeys.130.1449. As cited in Clapham, M. (2012-01-10). "W. Wichard et al. 2011". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 21 Jan 2012.
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