Sabatinca

Sabatinca
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
Sabatinca lucilia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Sabatinca
Walker, 1863
Species

see text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Palaeomicra Meyrick, 1885
  • Micropardalis Meyrick, 1912

Sabatinca is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae.[1][2][3] Palaeomicra and Micropardalis were both established as subgenera of Sabatinca, but were both raised to generic level by Joël Minet in 1985.[4] However, in 2014 both these genera, Palaeomicra and Micropardalis, were recognised by George Gibbs as synonyms of Sabatinca.[1] Extinct species in this genus are known from the Cretaceous Burmese amber.[5]

Selected species

References

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  1. ^ a b c George Gibbs (30 June 2014). "Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 72. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.72. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 917549814. Wikidata Q44902221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2021.
  2. ^ Philpott, A. (1923). "The genitalia in Sabatinca and allied genera (Lepidoptera Homoneura), with some observations on the same structures in the Mecoptera". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1923 (3–4): 347–366 – via BUGZ.
  3. ^ Gibbs, George; Lees, David (2014-11-01), New Caledonia as an evolutionary cradle: a re-appraisal of the jaw-moth genus Sabatinca (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae) and its significance for assessing the antiquity of the island's fauna, pp. 239–266, ISBN 978-2-85653-707-7, retrieved 2021-11-02
  4. ^ "MICROPARDALIS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  5. ^ Ngô-Muller, Valerie; Garrouste, Romain; Pouillon, Jean-Marc; Nel, André (May 2020). "A new micropterigid moth from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 109: 104375. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104375. S2CID 213533403.


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