†Archeraphidia hosbayari Ponomarenko 1988 (snakefly)
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Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1988. Novye Mezozojskie Nasekomye. Novye Iskopaemykh Bespozvonochnykh Mongolii, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 33:71-80
Belongs to Archeraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015
See also Engel 2002 and Ponomarenko 1988
Sister taxa: Archeraphidia baisensis, Archeraphidia yakowlewi
Type specimen: PIN 3559/5948, a hindwing (missing base). Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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