genus
† Ciconipteryx Schall, Cao & Husemann, 2025
Nomenclature (1)
- † Ciconipteryx Schall, Cao & Husemann, 2025: 257. (fossil)
type species by original designation † Ciconipteryx bidactylus Schall, Cao & Husemann, 2025
Nomenclature references (1)
- Schall, O.-K.O., Cao, C.-Q. & Husemann, M. (2025) New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology, 75(2), 253–262. Available at https://contributions-to-entomology.arphahub.com/article/154529/
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The genus is named after its long legs, dervied from the bird family Ciconiidae, the storks.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |