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Scutistriga

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Domain
  
Eukarya

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Idelinellidae

Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Rank
  
Genus

Scutistriga is an extinct genus of insects in the family Idelinellidae. It existed in what is now Russia during the Kungurian age. It was described by D. S. Aristov and A. P. Rasnitsyn in 2012, and the type species is S. scutata. The body measured about 10.5 millimetres, while the forewings measured about 12 millimetres, and the hindwings about 10 millimetres. The species' fossils were discovered in the Ural Mountains.

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Scutistriga Wikipedia