Heydenius
Extinct genus of roundworms
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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: | |
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| Heydenius formicinus adjacent to its worker ant host in Baltic amber | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Mermithida |
| Family: | Mermithidae |
| Genus: | †Heydenius Taylor, 1935 |
| Species | |
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See text | |
Species
| Scientific name | Age | Type locality | Country | Host | Notes |
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| 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) |
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| Heydenius formicinus Poinar, 2002[6] | Eocene | Baltic amber | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) |
Prenolepis henschei Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Heydenius trichorosus Poinar, 2012[2] | Eocene | Baltic amber | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) |
Triaenodes balticus Wichard & Barnard, 2005 (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) |
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