Genus Caurinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Caurinus dectes Russell 1979 - Caurinus dectes

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies)

Family Boreidae (Snow Scorpionflies)

Genus Caurinus

Explanation of Names

Caurinus Russell 1979

Numbers

2 spp. total, both in our area(1)

Identification

the two described spp. are very similar(1)

Range

nw. NA (one sp. in WA-OR, another on Prince of Wales Is., AK)(1)(2)

Remarks

relicts, the only known members of a clade dating to at least Late Jurassic(1)

Works Cited

1.	Description of Caurinus tlagu, new species, from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (Mecoptera, Boreidae, Caurininae) Sikes, D.S., and J. Stockbridge. 2013. ZooKeys 316: 35-53.

2.	Caurinus dectes Russell (Mecoptera: Boreidae: Caurininae) a range extension in Oregon and a new state record in Washington Rood R.J., Johnson J.B., Lisowski E.A., Pike K.S., Turner W.J. 2015. Zootaxa 4013: 449–450.

Contributed by v belov on 20 March, 2014 - 6:28pm
Last updated 16 March, 2017 - 6:48pm

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