Dictyoraphidia Handlirsch 1910 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1910. Canadian fossil Insects. 5. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(3):93-129

Parent taxon: Baissopteridae according to V. N. Makarkin and S. B. Archibald 2014

See also Carpenter 1936, Engel 2002 and Handlirsch 1910

Sister taxa: Allobaissoptera, Arariperaphidia rochai, Ascalapharia, Austroraphidia, Baissoptera, Burmobaissoptera, Cretoraphidia, Cretoraphidiopsis, Electrobaissoptera, Lugala, Microbaissoptera, Rhynchobaissoptera, Stenobaissoptera

Subtaxa: Dictyoraphidia veterana

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (former Princeton collection) (Eocene of Colorado)

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