Protovermileo

Protovermileo
Temporal range: Priabonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Vermileonidae
Genus: †Protovermileo
Hennig, 1967
Species:
†P. electricus
Binomial name
†Protovermileo electricus
Hennig, 1967

Protovermileo is an extinct genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae. It contains only the species Protovermileo electricus, which is known from Baltic amber.

References

  1. 1 2 Hennig, W. (1967). "Die sogenannten "niederen Brachycera" im Baltischen Bernstein (Diptera: Fam. Xylophagidae, Xylomyidae, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 174: 51.
  2. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L. (29 Jul 1994). "Family Vermileonidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.