genus

Ypopteron Archibald, Gu & Mathewes, 2022

Type

Ypopteron nicola Archibald, Gu & Mathewes, 2022 type species by original designation of † Ypopteron Archibald, Gu & Mathewes, 2022

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ypopteron Archibald, Gu & Mathewes, 2022: 566. (fossil)

    type species by original designation † Ypopteron nicola Archibald, Gu & Mathewes, 2022

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Archibald, S.B., Gu, J.-J. & Mathewes, R.W. (2022) The Palaeorehniidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera, "Zeuneropterinae"), and new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa, 5100(4), 559–572.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

The genus name refers to the Ypresian age, and –opteron, from the Greek -pteron (πτερόν), meaning wing.

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