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Termitaradus Poleoae
''Termitaradus '' is a small tropicopolitan genus of true bugs placed in the family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, '' Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species '' Termitaphis circumvallata'' which inhabits nests of Termitidae (termites) in Colombia. Species The nine living species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Mitnicki
''Termitaradus mitnicki'' is an extinct species of Hemiptera, true bug in the family Termitaphididae known only from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. The species is known from the holotype, number "KU-DR-023", a single female specimen currently deposited in the University of Kansas Natural History Museum collections in Lawrence, Kansas, where it was studied and described by Michael S. Engel. Engel published his 2009 Type (biology), type description for ''T. mitnicki'' in journal ''ZooKeys'' volume number 25. The species name ''mitnicki'' honors Tyler Mitnick, nephew of the specimen donor. ''T. mitnicki'' is the third species of ''Termitaradus'' to be identified from the fossil record and the one of three species identified from Dominican amber, the other two being ''Termitaradus avitinquilinus, T. avitinquilinus'', described earlier in 2009 and ''Termitaradus dominicanus, T. dominicanus'' described in 2011. The eight livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Poleoae García, Camacho & Dorado 2016 Ventral Face
''Termitaradus '' is a small tropicopolitan genus of true bugs placed in the family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, '' Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species '' Termitaphis circumvallata'' which inhabits nests of Termitidae (termites) in Colombia. Species The nine living species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Protera
''Termitaradus protera'' is an extinct species of termite bug in the family Termitaphididae known from several Late Oligocene to Early Miocene fossils found in Mexico. ''T. protera'' is the only species in the extant genus '' Termitaradus'' to have been described from fossils found in Mexican amber and is one of four species from new world amber; the others are '' Termitaradus avitinquilinus'', ''Termitaradus dominicanus'' and ''Termitaradus mitnicki''. ''T. protera'' was also the first termite bug described from the fossil record. History and classification ''Termitaradus protera'' is known from a series of fossil insects which are inclusions in transparent chunks of Mexican amber. An amber specimen, in the collection of W. Weitschat of Hamburg, Germany, has a total of five ''T. protera'' individuals preserved together with portions of seven worker caste termites. The amber was produced by the extinct leguminous tree '' Hymenaea mexicana'', and has dimension ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Poleoae
''Termitaradus '' is a small tropicopolitan genus of true bugs placed in the family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, '' Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species '' Termitaphis circumvallata'' which inhabits nests of Termitidae (termites) in Colombia. Species The nine living species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Dominicanus
''Termitaradus '' is a small cosmopolitan distribution, tropicopolitan genus of Hemiptera, true bugs placed in the Family (biology), family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi (entomologist), David Grimaldi and Michael S. Engel, Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, ''Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species ''Termitaphis, Termitaph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Amber
Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic derived from resin of the extinct tree '' Hymenaea protera''. Dominican amber differentiates itself from Baltic amber by being nearly always transparent, and it has a higher number of fossil inclusions. This has enabled the detailed reconstruction of the ecosystem of a long-vanished tropical forest.George Poinar, Jr. and Roberta Poinar, 1999. ''The Amber Forest: A Reconstruction of a Vanished World'', (Princeton University Press) Age The age of the amber has been controversial. A study in the early 1990s returned a date up to 40 million years old. However, other authors have suggested a date in the Miocene, around 20–15 million years old, based on marine microfossils found in the sediment the amber is contained in. Mining sites There are three main sites in the Dominican Republic where amber is found: ''La Cordillera Septentrional'', in the north, and ''Bayaguana'' and ''Sabana de la Mar'', in the east. In the northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Avitinquilinus
''Termitaradus avitinquilinus'' is an extinct species of termite bug in the family Termitaphididae known from several possibly Miocene fossils found in the Dominican Republic. ''T. avitinquilinus'' is the first species in the genus '' Termitaradus'' to have been described from fossils found in Dominican amber and is one of four species from New World amber, the others being ''Termitaradus protera'', ''Termitaradus dominicanus'' and ''Termitaradus mitnicki''. History and classification ''Termitaradus avitinquilinus'' is known from a group of three fossil insects which are inclusions in transparent chunks of Dominican amber. The amber was produced by the extinct '' Hymenaea protera'', which formerly grew on Hispaniola, across northern South America and up to southern Mexico. The holotype amber specimen, DR-14-425, is currently housed in the amber fossil collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, while the two paratype specimens are in the private Morone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and recover. As a species' potential Range (biology), range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively. This difficulty leads to phenomena such as Lazarus taxon, Lazarus taxa, where a species presumed extinct abruptly "reappears" (typically in the Fossil, fossil record) after a period of apparent absence. Over five billion species are estimated to have died out. It is estimated that there are currently around 8.7 million species of eukaryotes globally, possibly many times more if microorganisms are included. Notable extinct animal species include Dinosaur, non-avian dinosaurs, Machairodontinae, saber-toothed cats, and mammoths. Through evolution, species arise through the process of specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
