Araripeleon Millet and Nel 2010 (lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontoidae

Full reference: J. Millet and A. Nel. 2010. A new myrmeleontoid genus from the Crato Formation of Northeast Brazil (Lower Cretaceous) (Insecta: Neuroptera: Palaeoleontidae). Zootaxa 2353:49-54

Parent taxon: Palaeoleontidae according to J. Millet and A. Nel 2010

Sister taxa: Baisopardus, Metahemerobius, Neurastenyx, Palaeoleon, Paraneurastenyx, Parapalaeoleon, Samsonileon

Subtaxa: Araripeleon alphonsei

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Type: Araripeleon alphonsei

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (SMNK collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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