A new Early Cretaceous snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from El Soplao amber (Spain |
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| Authors: | Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente |
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| Institution: | 1. Departament d’Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines , Universitat de Barcelona , Barcelona , E-08071 , Spain perezdelafuente@ub.edu |
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| Abstract: | A virtually complete specimen of the family Mesoraphidiidae (Insecta: Raphidioptera) is described as Cantabroraphidia marcanoi n. gen., n. sp. It was found in early Albian amber from a new deposit named El Soplao within the Las Peñosas Fm. in northwestern Cantabria (Spain). It has been compared to all adult fossils placed in the Mesozoic family Mesoraphidiidae. Some taxonomical comments are provided, and we propose to restore the genus Yanoraphidia Ren 1995 and the combination Yanoraphidia gaoi Ren 1995 stat. rest., provisionally retained in the family Mesoraphidiidae. |
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| Keywords: | Raphidioptera Mesoraphidiidae Cretaceous amber Spain |
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