9.2. † Paracarus pristinus Dunlop, Wunderlich & Poinar Jr, 2004

Paracarus pristinus Dunlop et al. 2004: 270, figs. 1-2 (original description)

Holotype: One specimen (LAS) F1011 /BB/AR/CJW. Tertiary Baltic amber forest; Baltic amber from Central Europe.

Distribution: The exact collection locality is unknown, but it may have been in the vicinity of Kaliningrad, Baltic coast of Russia. Despite being difficult to date, these findings of Baltic Amber are generally from the Eocene age (c. 38–54 Ma).

Etymology: From the Latin pristinus, meaning old or former.