Geinitziidae is an extinct family of
polyneopteran insects, known from the
Permian to
Cretaceous. They are currently considered to be members "
Grylloblattida"[1] a poorly defined group of extinct insects thought to be related to modern
ice crawlers (Grylloblattidae).[2] Other authors place them in the extinct order
Reculida.[3] Unlike modern ice crawlers, which are wingless, they had large wings, bearing a superficial resemblance to
cockroaches, and are thought to have been
day-active above ground predators.[1]
A possible geinitziid, suggested to represent a specimen of Shurabia, is known from the mid Cretaceous (
Albian-
Cenomanian)
Burmese amber of Myanmar.[6]
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abKopylov, D. S.; Rasnitsyn, A. P.; Aristov, D. S.; Bashkuev, A. S.; Bazhenova, N. V.; Dmitriev, V. Yu.; Gorochov, A. V.; Ignatov, M. S.; Ivanov, V. D.; Khramov, A. V.; Legalov, A. A.; Lukashevich, E. D.; Mamontov, Yu. S.; Melnitsky, S. I.; Ogłaza, B. (December 2020).
"The Khasurty Fossil Insect Lagerstätte". Paleontological Journal. 54 (11): 1221–1394.
doi:
10.1134/S0031030120110027.
ISSN0031-0301.
S2CID231850225.
Geinitziidae is an extinct family of
polyneopteran insects, known from the
Permian to
Cretaceous. They are currently considered to be members "
Grylloblattida"[1] a poorly defined group of extinct insects thought to be related to modern
ice crawlers (Grylloblattidae).[2] Other authors place them in the extinct order
Reculida.[3] Unlike modern ice crawlers, which are wingless, they had large wings, bearing a superficial resemblance to
cockroaches, and are thought to have been
day-active above ground predators.[1]
A possible geinitziid, suggested to represent a specimen of Shurabia, is known from the mid Cretaceous (
Albian-
Cenomanian)
Burmese amber of Myanmar.[6]
^
abKopylov, D. S.; Rasnitsyn, A. P.; Aristov, D. S.; Bashkuev, A. S.; Bazhenova, N. V.; Dmitriev, V. Yu.; Gorochov, A. V.; Ignatov, M. S.; Ivanov, V. D.; Khramov, A. V.; Legalov, A. A.; Lukashevich, E. D.; Mamontov, Yu. S.; Melnitsky, S. I.; Ogłaza, B. (December 2020).
"The Khasurty Fossil Insect Lagerstätte". Paleontological Journal. 54 (11): 1221–1394.
doi:
10.1134/S0031030120110027.
ISSN0031-0301.
S2CID231850225.