Whalfera wiszniewskii Makarkin and Kupryjanowicz 2010 (thorny lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Rhachiberothidae

Full reference: V. N. Makarkin and J. Kupryjanowicz. 2010. A New Mantispid-Like Species of Rhachiberothinae (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from Baltic Amber, with a Critical Review of the Fossil Record of the Subfamily. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 84(4):655-664

Belongs to Whalfera according to H. Nakamine et al. 2020

See also Makarkin and Kupryjanowicz 2010

Sister taxon: Whalfera venatrix

Type specimen: MZ 24203, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection)

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