Prochita

Prochita is an extinct genus of caddisflies in the family Dysoneuridae. It contains only one species, Prochita rasnitsyni. The genus is known from the Upper Jurassic—Lower Cretaceous of the Transbaikal region of Russia.[1]

Prochita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Dysoneuridae
Genus: Prochita
Sukatsheva & Vassilenko, 2013[1]
Species:
P. rasnitsyni
Binomial name
Prochita rasnitsyni
Sukatsheva & Vassilenko, 2013[1]

The genus is named after the city of Chita, and the species is named after the Russian paleoentomologist Alexandr Rasnitsyn.[1]

References

  1. Sukatsheva, I.D.; Vassilenko, D.V. (2013). "New taxa of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) with reduced forewing venation from the Mesozoic of Asia". Paleontological Journal. 47 (1): 77–83. doi:10.1134/S0031030113010139.


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