Xuraphidia Hong 1992 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1992. The study of Early Cretaceous Coleoptera, Raphidioptera, Diptera (Insecta) of Kezuo, west Liaoning Province. Acta Geologica Gansu 1:1-11

Parent taxon: Mesoraphidiinae according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015

See also Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger 2011, Engel 2002 and Hong 1992

Sister taxa: Alavaraphidia, Allocotoraphidia, Amarantoraphidia, Baisoraphidia, Beipiaoraphidia, Caloraphidia, Cretinocellia, Grammoraphidia, Huaxiaraphidia, Iberoraphidia, Jilinoraphidia, Kezuoraphidia, Mesoraphidia, Necroraphidia, Ororaphidia, Proraphidia, Siboptera, Sinoraphidia, Stenoraphidia, Styporaphidia, Yanoraphidia

Subtaxa: Xuraphidia liaoxiensis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Xiwan village, Meileyingzi, Kezuo (Cretaceous of China)

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