Micropterigidae
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Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about 20 living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera
(Kristensen, 1999).
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
(Kristensen, 1999).
Genera
- MicropterixMicropterixMicropterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae that is distributed across Europe south to North Africa and east as far as Japan...
Hübner, 1825 (jr synonyms Eriocephala J. Curtis, 1839, Microptericina Zagulajev, 1983) - EpimartyriaEpimartyriaEpimartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae.-Species:*Epimartyria auricrinella Walsingham, 1898*Epimartyria pardella...
Walsingham, 1898 - IssikiomartyriaIssikiomartyriaIssikiomartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae.-Species:*Issikiomartyria akemiae Hashimoto, 2006*Issikiomartyria bisegmentata Hashimoto, 2006...
Hashimoto, 2006 - KurokopteryxKurokopteryxKurokopteryx is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae....
Hashimoto, 2006 - MicropardalisMicropardalisMicropardalis is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae. The genus was previously treated as a subgenus of Sabatinca.-Selected Species:*Micropardalis aurella...
Meyrick, 1912 - NeomicropteryxNeomicropteryxNeomicropteryx is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae.-Species:*Neomicropteryx bifurca Issiki, 1953 *Neomicropteryx cornuta Issiki, 1953...
Issiki, 1931 - PalaeomicraPalaeomicraPalaeomicra is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae. The genus was previously treated as a subgenus of Sabatinca....
Meyrick, 1888 - PalaeomicroidesPalaeomicroidesPalaeomicroides is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae.-Species:*Palaeomicroides anmashanensis Hashimoto, 2000*Palaeomicroides aritai Hashimoto, 1996...
Issiki, 1931 - ParamartyriaParamartyriaParamartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae.-Species:*Paramartyria anmashana Hashimoto, 2000*Paramartyria baishanzuna Yang, 1995...
Issiki, 1931 - VietomartyriaVietomartyriaVietomartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae.-Species:*Vietomartyria expeditionis *Vietomartyria nankunshana Hashimoto & Hirowatari, 2009...
Mey, 1997 - SabatincaSabatincaSabatinca is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae. Palaeomicra and Micropardalis were both established as subgenera of Sabatinca, but were both raised to generic level by Minet in 1985.-Selected Species:*Sabatinca aemula...
F. Walker, 1863 - AgrionymphaAgrionymphaAgrionympha is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae.-Species:*Agrionympha capensis Whalley, 1978 *Agrionympha fuscoapicella Gibbs, 2011*Agrionympha jansella Gibbs, 2011...
Meyrick, 1921 - HypomartyriaHypomartyriaHypomartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae....
Kristensen & Nielsen 1982 - SquamicorniaSquamicorniaSquamicornia is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae....
Kristensen & Nielsen, 1982 - AustromartyriaAustromartyriaAustromartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the Micropterigidae family....
Gibbs, 2010 - TasmantrixTasmantrixTasmantrix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the Micropterigidae family.-Species:*Tasmantrix calliplaca *Tasmantrix fragilis Gibbs, 2010*Tasmantrix lunaris Gibbs, 2010*Tasmantrix nigrocornis Gibbs, 2010...
Gibbs, 2010 - ZealandopterixZealandopterixZealandopterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the Micropterigidae family....
Gibbs, 2010 - AureopterixAureopterixAureopterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the Micropterigidae family.-Species:*Aureopterix micans Gibbs, 2010*Aureopterix sterops...
Gibbs, 2010 - NannopterixNannopterixNannopterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the Micropterigidae family....
Gibbs, 2010 - †AuliepterixAuliepterixAuliepterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the family Micropterigidae. The genus is represented by two species, Auliepterix mirabilis in the Karabastau Svita of the Upper Jurassic of Kazakhstan and Auliepterix minima in Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous rocks near...
Kozlov, 1989 - †PalaeolepidopterixPalaeolepidopterixPalaeolepidopterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the extant family Micropterigidae or extinct family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Palaeolepidopterix aurea. It is known from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan....
Kozlov, 1989 - †PalaeosabatincaPalaeosabatincaPalaeosabatinca is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the family Micropterigidae, containing one species, Palaeosabatinca zherichini . It is known from Russia. The fossil remains are dated to the Lower Cretaceous....
Kozlov, 1989 - †ParasabatincaParasabatincaParasabatinca is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the extant family Micropterigidae or extinct family Eolepidopterigidae, containing two species...
Whalley, 1978 - †BaltimartyriaBaltimartyriaBaltimartyria is an extinct genus of primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae. The genus is solely known from the Early Eocene Baltic amber deposits in the Baltic Sea region of Europe. The genus currently contains two described species, Baltimartyria proavitella and Baltimartyria...
Skalski, 1995 - †MoleropterixMoleropterixMoleropterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the family Micropterigidae, containing one species, Moleropterix kalbei. It is described from a well preserved forewing of the Fur Formation of the earliest Eocene of Denmark....
Engel & Kinzelbach, 2008
Sources
- O'Toole, Christopher. 2002. Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders. ISBN 1-55297-612-2.
External links
- Tree of Life
- Microleps U.S.A. Nearctic