''Zorotypus absonus'' is an extinct species of insect in the order

Zoraptera The insect order Zoraptera, commonly known as angel insects, contains small and soft bodied insects with two forms: winged with wings sheddable as in termites, dark and with eyes (compound) and ocelli (simple); or wingless, pale and without eyes ...

. It was described by Michael S. Engel in 2008 from a fossil found in

Dominican amber Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic derived from resin of the extinct tree '' Hymenaea protera''. Dominican amber differentiates itself from Baltic amber by being nearly always transparent, and it has a higher number of fossil inc ...

, and it lived during the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

epoch.

References

absonus Miocene insects Prehistoric insects of the Caribbean Fossil taxa described in 2008 Taxa named by Michael S. Engel Dominican amber Fossils of the Dominican Republic {{paleo-insect-stub