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Inocelliidae

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Inocelliidae
Temporal range: Eocene–recent
Inocelliidae sp., possibly Parainocellia bicolor, photographed in Segonzano (Italy)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Raphidioptera
Suborder: Raphidiomorpha
Family: Inocelliidae
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Inocelliidae is a small family of snakeflies containing 8 genera of which one is known only from fossils. They are commonly known as inocelliid snakeflies. The largest known species is Fibla carpenteri known from fossils found in baltic amber.[1]

Taxonomy

References

  1. ^ Engel, M.S. (1995). "A new fossil snake-fly species from Baltic amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae)". Psyche. 102: 187–193. doi:10.1155/1995/23626.
  2. ^ Makarkin, V.N.; Archibald, S.B.; Jepson, J.E. (2019). "The oldest Inocelliidae (Raphidioptera) from the Eocene of western North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 151 (4): 521–530. doi:10.4039/tce.2019.26.