†Whalfera venatrix Whalley 1983 (thorny lacewing)
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Insecta - Neuroptera - Rhachiberothidae
Alternative combination: Fera venatrix
Full reference: P. Whalley. 1983. Fera venatrix gen. and sp. n. (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from amber in Britain. Neuroptera International 2:229-233
Belongs to Whalfera according to H. Nakamine et al. 2020
See also Engel 2004, Wedmann and Makarkin 2007 and Whalley 1983
Sister taxon: Whalfera wiszniewskii
Type specimen: BMNH In40857, an exoskeleton.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Norfolk coast (BMNH coll) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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