Alloraphidia petrosa Ponomarenko 1988 (snakefly)

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 Alloraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015

See also Engel 2002 and Ponomarenko 1988

Sister taxa: Alloraphidia asiatica, Alloraphidia dorfi, Alloraphidia kyzylzharica

Type specimen: PIN 3559/5927, a forewing. 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:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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