Baissoptera cretaceoelectra

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: †Baissopteridae
Genus: †Baissoptera
Species: Baissoptera cretaceoelectra

Name

• †Baissoptera cretaceoelectra ? Pérez-de la Fuente, Peñalver, Delclòs & Engel, 2012: figs. 2, 3

Holotype: MCNA 12068.4.

Type locality: Peñacerrada I amber; fore- and hind wing distal fragments.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a combination of the Greek words cretaceus (taken from the period name, although specifically meaning “chalky”) and elektron, meaning “amber”.

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.