Proraphidia hopkinsi Jepson and Jarzembowski 2008 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae

Full reference: J. E. Jepson and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2008. Two new species of snakefly (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Spain with a review of other fossil raphidiopterans from the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition. Alavesia 2:193-201

Belongs to Proraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015

See also Jepson and Jarzembowski 2008

Sister taxa: Proraphidia anisomorpha, Proraphidia gomezi, Proraphidia jepsoni, Proraphidia turkestanica, Proraphidia yixianensis

Type specimen: BMB 014915,-8, a forewing. Its type locality is Clockhouse Brickworks (BMB collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal sandstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Clockhouse Brickworks (BMB collection)

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