Teyia
| Teyia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Family: | †Alienopteridae |
| Genus: | †Teyia Vršanský et al., 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Teyia branislav Vršanský et al., 2018 | |
| Other species | |
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Teyia huangi Vršanský et al., 2018 | |
Teyia is an extinct genus of alienopterid insect that lived in what is now Myanmar during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.[1][2][3]
Etymology
[edit]The generic name Teyia derves from the Chinese word teyi, meaning bizarre. The specific epithet of the type species, Teyia branislav, is a stochastic combination of letters, while the specific epithet of the other species in the genus, Teyia huangi, honours Huang Yijen, who collected the type specimen of the species.[4]
Palaeobiology
[edit]Life history
[edit]During its nymph stage of life history, Teyia was myrmecomorphous; in other words, it was an ant mimic. In its adult stages, Teyia was a wasp mimic, resembling some taxa of large aculeate hymenopterans.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Teyia". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ↑ "Teyia branislav". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ↑ "Teyia huangi". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ↑ Vršanský, Peter; Bechly, Günter; Zhang, Qingqing; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Mlynský, Tomáš; Šmídová, Lucia; Barna, Peter; Kúdela, Matúš; Aristov, Danil; Bigalk, Sonia; Krogmann, Lars; Li, Liqin; Zhang, Qi; Zhang, Haichun; Ellenberger, Sieghard; Müller, Patrick; Gröhn, Carsten; Xia, Fangyuan; Ueda, Kyoichiro; Vďačný, Peter; Valaška, Daniel; Vršanská, Lucia; Wang, Bo (September 2018). "Batesian insect-insect mimicry-related explosive radiation of ancient alienopterid cockroaches". Biologia. 73 (10): 987–1006. doi:10.2478/s11756-018-0117-3. ISSN 0006-3088. Retrieved 5 October 2026 – via ResearchGate.
- ↑ Luo, Cihang; Beutel, Rolf G.; Engel, Michael S.; Liang, Kun; Li, Liqin; Li, Jiahao; Xu, Chunpeng; Vršanský, Peter; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo (February 2022). "Life history and evolution of the enigmatic Cretaceous–Eocene Alienopteridae: A critical review". Earth-Science Reviews. 225: 103914. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103914. Retrieved 5 October 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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