Electotreta

Electotreta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Electotreta
Kazantsev, 2012

Electotreta is an extinct genus of firefly closely resembling Ototretinae from the Eocene Epoch. It was described by Sergey V. Kazantsev in 2012, and the type species is Electotreta rasnitsyni. It was found within Baltic amber.[1]

References

  1. Sergey V. Kazantsev (2012). "New omethid and lampyrid taxa from the Baltic Amber (Insecta: Coleoptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3186: 59–63.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.