Species
† Apachyus madseni Simonsen & Rasmussen, 2024
Nomenclature (1)
- † Apachyus madseni Simonsen & Rasmussen, 2024 in Simonsen, Sylvestersen, Olsen & Rasmussen, 2024: 639. (fossil)
Holotype; individual; ada1ae07-e899-41e3-b03e-084d389c4371; deposited at: Fossil- and Mo-clay Museum, Museum Mors, Denmark (FMM);
Nomenclature references (1)
- Simonsen, T.J., Sylvestersen, R.L., Olsen, K. & Rasmussen, J.A. (2024) Apachyus madseni (Dermaptera: Apachyidae) sp. nov. from the Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark: the first fossil record of the enigmatic earwig family Apachyidae. Palaeoentomology, 7(5), 638–644. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.5.7
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
An eponym in honour of the collector of the fossil, Henrik Madsen, who has been collecting fossils (particularly insects) in the Fur Formation of Denmark for more than three decades.