Heydenius is a collective group genus of fossil mermithid nematodes from the Tertiary period that cannot be placed in extant genera.[1]

Heydenius
Temporal range: Tertiary
Heydenius formicinus adjacent to its worker ant host in Baltic amber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Mermithida
Family: Mermithidae
Genus: Heydenius
Taylor, 1935
Species

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Species

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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)

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.