Geinitzia is an extinct genus of flying insects belonging to the order Reculida and family Geinitziidae. Species belonging to the genus lived from the Permian to the Jurassic and have been found in China, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Russia.[2][3]

Geinitzia
Temporal range: Permian-Jurassic
~272.5–155.7 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Reculida
Family: Geinitziidae
Genus: Geinitzia
Handlirsch 1906
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Ominea Fujiyama, 1973

Species edit

A number of species have been described in Geinitzia.

G. annosa[3]
G. aristovi[4]
G. asiatica[5]
G. carpentieri[6]
G. dorni[7]
G. ima[3]
G. latrunculorum[7]
G. minor[8]
G. perlaesa[7]
G. reticulata[9]
G. sagulensis[10]
G. schlieffeni[10]
G. subita[10]
G. superaucta[7]
G. varia[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Aristov, D. S.; Wappler, T.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. (2009). "New and little-known grylloblattids of the family Geinitziidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Triassic and Jurassic of Europe, Asia, and South Africa". Paleontological Journal. 43 (4): 418–424. doi:10.1134/S0031030109040091. S2CID 129306591.
  2. ^ "Geinitzia Handlirsch 1906 (winged insect)". Fossilworks. Macquarie University. 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Aristov, D. S. (March 2020). "New Gryllones Insects (Insecta: Gryllones) from the Babii Kamen' Locality (Upper Permian of Russia). 2. Order Reculida and Gryllones Ordinis Incertis". Paleontological Journal. 54 (2): 132–142. doi:10.1134/S0031030120020021. S2CID 215741378.
  4. ^ Cui, Yingying; Storozhenko, Sergey Yu.; Ren, Dong (June 2012). "New and little-known species of Geinitziidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with notes on taxonomy, habitus and habitat of these insects". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 36 (2): 251–261. doi:10.1080/03115518.2012.628806. S2CID 129794581.
  5. ^ Storozhenko, S. Y. (1990). "New Permian and Mesozoic Insects (Insecta, Grylloblattida: Blattogryllidae, Geinitziidae) from Asia". Paleontological Journal. 24 (4): 53–61.
  6. ^ Zeuner, F. E. (1937). "Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Fossil Saltatoria (Orthoptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (Series B). 6 (8): 154–159.
  7. ^ a b c d e Bode, A. (1953). "Die Insektenfauna des Ostniedersachsischen Oberen Lias". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 103: 1–375.
  8. ^ Handlirsch, A. (1906). "Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV". Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen. pp. 1–640.
  9. ^ Fujiyama, I. (1973). "Mesozoic insect faunas of east Asia, part I. Introduction and Upper Triassic faunas". Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. 16: 331–386.
  10. ^ a b c Aristov, D. S.; Wappler, T.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. (July 2009). "New and little-known grylloblattids of the family Geinitziidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Triassic and Jurassic of Europe, Asia, and South Africa". Paleontological Journal. 43 (4): 418–424. doi:10.1134/S0031030109040091. S2CID 129306591.