Whalfera Engel 2004 (thorny lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Rhachiberothidae

Synonym: Fera Whalley 1983 [replaced name]

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2004. Thorny lacewings (neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae) in Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2:137-140

Parent taxon: Rhachiberothinae according to H. Nakamine et al. 2020

See also Makarkin and Kupryjanowicz 2010, Wedmann and Makarkin 2007 and Whalley 1983

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Whalfera venatrix Whalfera wiszniewskii

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Type: Fera venatrix

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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