Raptorapax terribilissima Petrulevičius et al. 2010 (thorny lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Rhachiberothidae

Full reference: J. F. Petrulevičius, D. Azar, and A. Nel. 2010. A new thorny lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae) from the Early Cretaceous amber of Lebanon. Acta Geologica Sinica 84:828-833

Belongs to Raptorapax according to H. Nakamine et al. 2020

See also Makarkin 2015 and Petrulevičius et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Azar TAR-110A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Bouarij, Caza Zhahleh (LU TAR collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Bouarij, Caza Zhahleh (LU TAR collection)

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