Inocelliidae
Appearance
Inocelliidae Temporal range:
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Inocelliidae sp., possibly Parainocellia bicolor, photographed in Segonzano (Italy) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Raphidioptera |
Suborder: | Raphidiomorpha |
Family: | Inocelliidae Navás |
Subfamilies | |
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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
- Family Inocelliidae Navás
- Subfamily †Electrinocelliinae Engel, 1995
- Genus †Electrinocellia Engel, 1995 (Eocene; Baltic amber)
- Subfamily Inocelliinae Engel, 1995
- Genus Amurinocellia Aspöck & Aspöck, 1973 (Recent)
- Genus Fibla Navás, 1915 (Eocene-Recent; Fossils: Baltic amber, Spain, USA)
- Genus Indianoinocellia
- Genus Inocellia Schneider, 1843
- Genus Negha Navas, 1916
- Genus Parainocellia
- Genus †Paraksenocellia Makarkin, Archibald, & Jepson, 2019[2]
- Genus Sininocellia
- Subfamily †Electrinocelliinae Engel, 1995
References
- ^ Engel, M.S. (1995). "A new fossil snake-fly species from Baltic amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae)". Psyche. 102: 187–193. doi:10.1155/1995/23626.
- ^ 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.
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