Amarantoraphidia

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Raphidioptera
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Neuropterida Ordo: Raphidioptera

Familia: †Mesoraphidiidae
Genus: Amarantoraphidia
Species: A. ventolina

Name edit

†Amarantoraphidia Pérez-de la Fuente et al., 2012

Type species: Amarantoraphidia ventolina, Pérez-de la Fuente, Peñalver, Delclòs & Engel, 2012

Etymology: The new genus-group name is a combination of the Greek term amarantos, meaning “that never fades, ageless”, and Raphidia, common generic stem for snakeflies. The name is feminine.

Primary references edit

Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Peñalver, E., Delclòs, X. & Engel, M.S. 2012. Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera). ZooKeys 204: 1–40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.204.2740 . Reference page.