Micropterigidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Zeugloptera
Superfamilia: Micropterigoidea

Familia: Micropterigidae
Genera: Agrionympha – Aureopterix – Austromartyria – Electrocrania – Epimartyria – Hypomartyria – Issikiomartyria – Kurokopteryx – Melinopteryx – Micropterix – Nannopterix – Neomicropteryx – Palaeomicroides – Paramartyria – Parasabatinca – Sabatinca – Squamicornia – Tasmantrix – Vietomartyria – Zealandopterix – †Baltimartyria

Name

Micropterigidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1855.
References

Gibbs, G.W. 2010: Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 2520: 1–48. Preview Reference page.
Hashimoto, S. 2006: A taxonomic study of the family Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera, Micropterigoidea) of Japan, with the phylogenetic relationships among the Northern Hemisphere genera. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History (series A, natural history), 4: 39–109. Full article: [1].
Imada, Y. & Kato, M. 2018. Descriptions of new species of Issikiomartyria (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) and a new genus Melinopteryx gen. n. with two new species from Japan. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 211–235. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.13748. Reference page.
van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C.M., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. PDF. Reference page.
Issiki, S.T., 1931: On the morphology and systematics of Micropterygidae (Lepidoptera: Homoneura) of Japan and Foromosa, with some considerations on the Australian, European, and North American forms. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931: 999–1039. Abstract: DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb01052.x.
Issiki, S., 1953: Micropterigoidea of Japan(Agriculture). Bulletin of the Naniwa University. Ser. B, Agriculture and natural sciences. Zoology and botany 3: 133–140. Abstract and full article: [2].
Issiki, S., 1971: Micropterygidae in Esaki, T. et al. Icones Heterocerorum Japonicorum in Coloribus Naturalibus (Edition 2) 1: 4–6.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Молі зубатыя
čeština: Chrostikovnikoviti
dansk: Urmøl
Deutsch: Urmotten
eesti: Pisitiiblased
magyar: Aranyszárnyú õsmoly-félék
日本語: コバネガ科
kanuri: 잔날개나방과
lietuvių: Reliktiniai žandinukai
latviešu: Grauzējkožu dzimta
Nederlands: Oermotten
norsk: Kjevemøll
русский: Зубатые моли
slovenčina: Potočníkovcovité
svenska: Käkmalar
中文: 小翅蛾科

Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about twenty living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of lepidoptera (Kristensen, 1999). The name comes from the Greek for mikros, little and pterux, a wing.[2] The fossil record of the group goes back to the middle-late Jurassic with the earliest known species being Auliepterix from the Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan.
Presumed phylogenetic relationships within Micropterigidae based on Gibbs (2010)
Contents

1 Genera
1.1 Extinct genera
2 References
3 Sources
4 External links

Genera

Micropterix Hübner, 1825
Epimartyria Walsingham, 1898
Issikiomartyria Hashimoto, 2006
Kurokopteryx Hashimoto, 2006
Micropardalis Meyrick, 1912
Neomicropteryx Issiki, 1931
Palaeomicra Meyrick, 1888
Palaeomicroides Issiki, 1931
Paramartyria Issiki, 1931
Vietomartyria Mey, 1997
Sabatinca Walker, 1863
Agrionympha Meyrick, 1921
Hypomartyria Kristensen & Nielsen 1982
Squamicornia Kristensen & Nielsen, 1982
Austromartyria Gibbs, 2010
Tasmantrix Gibbs, 2010
Zealandopterix Gibbs, 2010
Aureopterix Gibbs, 2010
Nannopterix Gibbs, 2010

Extinct genera

†Archmosaicus Zhang, Deng et Ren, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
† Auliepterix Kozlov, 1989 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian Hotont Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
† Baltimartyria Skalski, 1995 Baltic amber, Eocene
†Electrocrania Kuznetsov 1941 Baltic amber, Eocene
† Moleropterix Engel & Kinzelbach, 2008 Fur Formation, Denmark, Ypresian
† Palaeosabatinca Kozlov, 1989 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
† Parasabatinca Whalley, 1978 Lebanese amber, Barremian, Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian

References

van Nieukerken et al (2011) Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness, Zootaxa 3148, 212-221

Smith, Frank. "Microlepidoptera (Micro-Moths)". Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

Kristensen, N. P., and E. S. Nielsen. 1979. A new subfamily of micropterigid moths from South America. A contribution to the morphology and phylogeny of the Micropterigidae, with a generic catalogue of the family (Lepidoptera: Zeugloptera). Steenstrupia 5(7):69–147.
Kristensen, N. P. (1999). The non-Glossatan Moths. Ch. 4, pp. 41–49 in Kristensen, N. P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Sources

O'Toole, Christopher. 2002. Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders. ISBN 1-55297-612-2.