Formosozoros newi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dermaptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Dermaptera

Genus: Formosozoros
Species: Formosozoros newi

Name

Formosozoros newi Chao & Chen, 2000 (nomen dubium)

Holotype: THUMB ♀, Taiwan, Hualien Hsien, Nanan, 300 m, 23°19′ N, 121°15′E, 25 August 1994, F. R. Chao, leaf and humus.

Paratypes: THUMB: 2♀♀, same data as holotype; 2♀♀, 28 August 1996, same habitat as holotype.

• Note: The types are lost according to Kočárek & Hu (2023).

Type locality: Taiwan: Hualien Hsien, Nanan, 300 m, 23°19′ N, 121°15′E.

Synonymy

• Formosozoros newi Chao & Chen, 2000: 25 (original combination)
• Zorotypus newi: Engel & Grimaldi, 2000

References

Primary references

• Chao, R.-F. & Chen, C.-S. 2000. Formosozoros newi, a new genus and species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from Taiwan. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 76(1): 24–27. BHL.
• Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2000. A winged Zorotypus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae), with discussion on relationships of and within the order. Acta Geologica Hispanica 35: 149–164. Online (raco.cat), Online (revistes.ub.edu). Reference page. 
• Kočárek, P. & Hu, F.-S. 2023. An Immature Dermapteran Misidentified as an Adult Zorapteran: The Case of Formosozoros newi Chao & Chen, 2000. Insects 14(1): 53. DOI: 10.3390/insects14010053 . Reference page.  [considered nomen dubium in Dermaptera instead of Zoraptera]