Cretacimermis

Cretacimermis
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Mermithida
Family: Mermithidae
Genus: Cretacimermis
Poinar in Luo et al., 2023[1]
Species

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Synonyms

Cretacimermis Poinar, 2001 (invalidly established)[2]

Cretacimermis is a collective group genus of fossil mermithid nematodes from the Cretaceous that cannot be placed in extant genera.[3]

Species

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Species:[1]

Scientific name Age Type locality Country Host Notes
Cretacimermis adelphe Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Dermaptera
Cretacimermis aphidophilus Poinar, 2017[4] Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Caulinus burmitis Poinar & Brown, 2005
(Hemiptera, Burmitaphididae)
Cretacimermis calypta Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Burmaphlebia reifi Bechly & Poinar, 2013
(Odonata, Burmaphlebiidae)
Cretacimermis cecidomyiae Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Diptera, Cecidomyiidae
Cretacimermis chironomae Poinar, 2011[3] Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Diptera, Chironomidae
Cretacimermis directa Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Orthoptera, Grylloidea
Cretacimermis dolor Fang, Poinar & Luo in Fang et al., 2024[5] Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Araneae, Haplogynae, Segestriidae?
Cretacimermis incredibilis Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Archaeognatha
Cretacimermis libani (Poinar et al., 1994) Poinar, 2001[2][6] Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Lebanese amber  Lebanon Diptera, Chironomidae Originally named Heleidomermis libani Poinar et al., 1994.
Cretacimermis longa Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Blattodea, Mesoblattinidae
Cretacimermis manicapsoci Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Psocodea, Manicapsocidae
Cretacimermis perforissi Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Hemiptera, Perforissidae
Cretacimermis protus Poinar & Buckley, 2006[7] Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Diptera, Ceratopogonidae
Cretacimermis psoci Luo & Poinar in Luo et al., 2023 Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber  Myanmar Psocodea, Compsocidae

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References

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  1. ^ a b Luo, C.; Poinar, G. O.; Xu, C.; Zhuo, D.; Jarzembowski, E. A.; Wang, B. (2023). "Widespread mermithid nematode parasitism of Cretaceous insects". eLife. 12. e86283. doi:10.7554/eLife.86283. PMC 10348742. PMID 37449724.
  2. ^ a b Poinar, G. O. (2001). "Nematoda and Nematomorpha". In Thorp, J.H.; Covich, A.P. (eds.). Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates (2nd ed.). New York, NY, USA: Academic Press. pp. 255–295. doi:10.1016/B978-012690647-9/50010-7. ISBN 9780126906479.
  3. ^ a b Poinar, G. O. (2011). "Appendix I. Taxonomic descriptions of previously known and new fossil nematode taxa". The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As revealed in stone, amber and mummies. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives. Vol. 9. Brill Publishers. pp. 247–357. doi:10.1163/9789047428664_015. ISBN 9789004175211.
  4. ^ Poinar, G. O. (2017). "A mermithid nematode, Cretacimermis aphidophilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), parasitising an aphid (Hemiptera: Burmitaphididae) in Myanmar amber: a 100 million year association". Nematology. 19 (5): 509–513. doi:10.1163/15685411-00003063.
  5. ^ Fang, H.; Poinar, G. O.; Wang, H.; Wang, B.; Luo, C. (2024). "First spider-parasitized mermithid nematode from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 158. 105866. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15805866F. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105866.
  6. ^ Poinar, G. O.; Acra, A.; Acra, F. (1994). "Earliest fossil nematode (Mermithidae) in cretaceous Lebanese amber" (PDF). Fundamental and Applied Nematology. 17 (5): 475–477.
  7. ^ Poinar, G. O.; Buckley, R. (2006). "Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in early Cretaceous amber". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 93 (1): 36–41. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.006. PMID 16737709.