Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae
Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and M. A. Vulcano. 1989. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. II. Superfamília Myrmeleontoidea. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 33:367-402
Parent taxon: Araripeneurinae according to G. M. Bueno et al. 2026
See also Martins-Neto 1997, Martins-Neto 2002, Martins-Neto 2010 and Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
Sister taxa: Caririneura, Paracaririneura
Subtaxa: Cratopteryx nemopteroides Cratopteryx robertosantosi
Type: Cratopteryx robertosantosi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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