Psyllototus
| Psyllototus Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Alticini |
| Genus: | Psyllototus Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010 |
| Species: | P. progenitor |
| Binomial name | |
| Psyllototus progenitor Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010 | |
Psyllototus is an extinct genus of flea beetles which existed in what is now Ukraine during the late Eocene period.[1] It was named by Konstantin Nadein and Evgeny Perkovsky in 2010, and the type species is Psyllototus progenitor.[1] A second species is named Psyllototus doeberli[2]
References
- 1 2 Konstantin Nadein, Evgeny Perkovsky (2010). "New Taxa of Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Rovno Amber, Late Eocene". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 772–782. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00259.x.
- ↑ Bukejs, Andris; Nadein, Konstantin. "A second species of Psyllototus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae:Alticini) from the Upper Eocene Baltic amber". Zootaxa. 3609 (5): 465–470. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3609.5.2.
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