Insecta - Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae
Full reference: R. Pérez-de la Fuente, E. Peñalver, X. Delclòs and M. S. Engel. 2012. Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera). ZooKeys 204:1-40
Belongs to Baissoptera according to R. Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Baissoptera bicolor, Baissoptera brasiliensis, Baissoptera burmana, Baissoptera cellulosa, Baissoptera elongata, Baissoptera grandis, Baissoptera liaoningensis, Baissoptera lisae, Baissoptera maculata, Baissoptera martinsoni, Baissoptera monopoda, Baissoptera pankowskiorum, Baissoptera pulchra, Baissoptera sibirica, Baissoptera sinica, Baissoptera wangi
Type specimen: MCNA 12068.4, a wing (fore and hindwing distal fragments). Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I
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