Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Full reference: G. Bechly and K. Wolf-Schwenninger. 2011. A new fossil genus and species of snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with a discussion of snakefly phylogeny and fossil history. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42:221-236
Parent taxon: Mesoraphidiidae according to V. N. Makarkin 2023
See also Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger 2011, Liu et al. 2016 and Lu et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Alloraphidiinae, Mesoraphidiinae
Subtaxa: Burmoraphidia Cantabroraphidia Dolichoraphidia Grimaldiraphidia Lebanoraphidia Nanoraphidia Rhynchoraphidia
Type: Nanoraphidia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection), Myanmar (4), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 11 collections including 15 occurrences