Alavaraphidia imperterrita

Taxonavigation

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: †Alavaraphidia
Species: Alavaraphidia imperterrita

Name

• †Alavaraphidia imperterrita Pérez-de la Fuente, Peñalver, Delclòs & Engel, 2012: figs. 10, 11

Holotype: MCNA 13608.

Type locality: Peñacerrada I amber; partial specimen showing head and ventral parts of thorax and abdomen, including the ovipositor. Only the basalmost part of the wings is preserved.

Etymology: The specific epithet is the Latin term imperterritus, meaning “fearless”, and symbolizes the unalterable condition of an organism entrapped in amber.

Primary references

• 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.