†Metaraphidia confusa Whalley 1985 (snakefly)
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Insecta - Raphidioptera - Metaraphidiidae
Alternative combination: Mesoraphidia confusa
Full reference: P. E. S. Whalley. 1985. The systematics and palaeogeography of the Lower Jurassic insects of Dorset, England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 39(3):107-189
Belongs to Metaraphidia according to G. Bechly and K. Wolf-Schwenninger 2011
See also Engel 2002, Whalley 1985 and Whalley 1988
Sister taxon: Metaraphidia vahldieki
Type specimen: GSM 117552, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Charmouth (GSM), which is in a Sinemurian marine siliciclastic in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Charmouth (GSM)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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