Amarantoraphidia ventolina
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Taxonavigation: Raphidioptera |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Mesoraphidiidae
Genus: Amarantoraphidia
Species: Amarantoraphidia ventolina
Name[edit]
- †Amarantoraphidia ventolina Pérez-de la Fuente, Peñalver, Delclòs & Engel, 2012: figs. 7-9
- Holotype: CES 364.1
- Type locality: From El Soplao amber; almost complete female.
- Etymology: In the Cantabrian mythology, the “ventolines” are tenacious and always cheerful fairy-like air beings that dwell in the depths of the sky and, when summoned, help defenseless fishermen by placidly steering their boats to the shore while embracing them with their warm green wings. The term has been singularized and feminized for combination.
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.