Protovermileo

Protovermileo
Temporal range: Priabonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Vermileonidae
Genus: Protovermileo
Hennig, 1967[1]
Species:
P. electricus
Binomial name
Protovermileo electricus
Hennig, 1967[1]

Protovermileo is an extinct genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae. It contains only the species Protovermileo electricus, which is known from Baltic amber.[2]

  1. ^ a b Hennig, W. (1967). "Die sogenannten "niederen Brachycera" im Baltischen Bernstein (Diptera: Fam. Xylophagidae, Xylomyidae, Rhagionidae,Tabanidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 174: 51.
  2. ^ Evenhuis, N.L. (29 Jul 1994). "Family Vermileonidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.