Extinct genus of roundworms
Heydenius is a collective group genus of fossil mermithid nematodes from the Tertiary period that cannot be placed in extant genera.[ 1]
Species
Scientific name
Age
Type locality
Country
Host
Notes
Heydenius antiquus (von Heyden , 1860) Taylor, 1935
Oligocene /Miocene
Rhine lignite
Germany
Hesthesis immortua von Heyden, 1862 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae )
Originally named Mermis antiqua von Heyden, 1860 .
Heydenius arachnius Poinar , 2012[ 2]
Miocene
Dominican amber
Dominican Republic
Araneae
Heydenius araneus Poinar, 2000 [ 3]
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Araneae, Thomisidae
Heydenius brownii Poinar, 2001 [ 4]
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Hemiptera, Achilidae
Heydenius cecidomyae Poinar, 2011 [ 1]
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Diptera, Cecidomyiidae
Heydenius dipterophilus Poinar, 2011 [ 1]
Miocene
Dominican amber
Dominican Republic
Diptera, Milichiidae
Heydenius dominicus Poinar, 1984 [ 5]
Miocene
Dominican amber
Dominican Republic
Culex (Diptera, Culicidae )
Heydenius formicinus Poinar, 2002 [ 6]
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Prenolepis henschei Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae )
Heydenius lamprophilus Poinar, 2011 [ 1]
Miocene
Dominican amber
Dominican Republic
Coleoptera, Lampyridae
Heydenius matutinus (Menge , 1866) Taylor, 1935
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Diptera, Chironomidae
Originally named Mermis matutina Menge, 1866 .
Heydenius myrmecophila Poinar, Lachaud, Castillo & Infante, 2006 [ 7]
Miocene
Dominican amber
Dominican Republic
Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Heydenius neotropicus Poinar, 2011 [ 1]
Miocene
Dominican amber
Dominican Republic
Diptera, Chironomidae
Heydenius phasmatophilus Poinar, 2012 [ 2]
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Balticophasma (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae )
Heydenius podenasae Poinar, 2012 [ 2]
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Lepidoptera
Heydenius psychodae Poinar, 2011 [ 1]
Miocene
Dominican amber
Dominican Republic
Diptera, Psychodidae
Heydenius quadristriatus (Menge, 1872) Taylor, 1935
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Unknown
Originally named Mermis quadristriata Menge, 1872 .
Heydenius saprophilus Poinar, 2011 [ 1]
Miocene
Dominican amber
Dominican Republic
Diptera, Anisopodidae
Heydenius scatophilus Poinar, 2011 [ 1]
Miocene
Dominican amber
Dominican Republic
Diptera, Scatopsidae
Heydenius sciarophilus Poinar, 2011 [ 1]
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Diptera, Sciaridae
Heydenius simulphilus Poinar & Currie, 2019 [ 8]
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Diptera, Simuliidae
Heydenius tabanae Poinar, 2011 [ 1]
Late Pliocene (Piacenzian )
Willershausen clay pit
Germany
Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842 (Diptera, Tabanidae )
Heydenius trichorosus Poinar, 2012 [ 2]
Eocene
Baltic amber
Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Triaenodes balticus Wichard & Barnard, 2005 (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae )
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j Poinar, G. O. (2011). "Appendix I. Taxonomic descriptions of previously known and new fossil nematode taxa". The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As revealed in stone, amber and mummies . Nematology Monographs and Perspectives. Vol. 9. Brill Publishers . pp. 247– 357. doi :10.1163/9789047428664_015 . ISBN 9789004175211 .
^ a b c d Poinar, G. O. (2012). "New fossil nematodes in Dominican and Baltic amber". Nematology . 14 (4): 483– 488. doi :10.1163/156854111X612199 . S2CID 86060924 .
^ Poinar, G. O. (2000). "Heydenius araneus n.sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), a parasite of a fossil spider, with an examination of helminths from extant spiders (Arachnida: Araneae)". Invertebrate Biology . 119 (4): 388– 393. doi :10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00108.x . JSTOR 3227190 .
^ Poinar, G. O. (2001). "Heydenius brownii sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitising a planthopper (Homoptera: Achilidae) in Baltic amber". Nematology . 3 (8): 753– 757. doi :10.1163/156854101753625263 .
^ Poinar, G. O. (1984). "Heydenius dominicus n. sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), a Fossil Parasite from the Dominican Republic" . The Journal of Nematology . 16 (4): 371– 375. PMC 2618410 . PMID 19294040 .
^ Poinar, G. O. (2002). "First fossil record of nematode parasitism of ants; a 40 million year tale". Parasitology . 125 (5): 457– 459. doi :10.1017/S0031182002002287 . PMID 12458829 . S2CID 41983613 .
^ Poinar, G. O.; Lachaud, J.-P.; Castillo, A.; Infante, F. (2006). "Recent and fossil nematode parasites (Nematoda: Mermithidae) of Neotropical ants". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology . 91 (1): 19– 26. doi :10.1016/j.jip.2005.10.003 . PMID 16300784 .
^ Poinar, G. O.; Currie, D. C. (2019). "Mermithid nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasites of a fossil black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Baltic amber". Nematology . 22 (6): 655– 658. doi :10.1163/15685411-00003328 . S2CID 213239194 .