Megaraphidia exhumata Cockerell 1909 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae

Alternative combination: Raphidia exhumata

Synonym: Raphidia pulveris Cockerell 1914

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:67-77

Belongs to Megaraphidia according to V. N. Makarkin and S. B. Archibald 2014

See also Carpenter 1936, Cockerell 1909, Cockerell 1912, Cockerell 1914 and Engel 2002

Sister taxa: Megaraphidia antiquissima, Megaraphidia elegans, Megaraphidia hopkinsi, Megaraphidia klondika, Megaraphidia ootsa

Type specimens:

  • Megaraphidia exhumata: UCM-4513, a forewing. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13B, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
  • Raphidia pulveris: MCZ 3640, a forewing. Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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