†Archiraphidia somnolenta Scudder 1890 (snakefly)
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Insecta - Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae
Alternative combination: Inocellia somnolenta
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Archiraphidia according to V. N. Makarkin and S. B. Archibald 2014
See also Carpenter 1936, Engel 2002 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Archiraphidia tranquilla, Archiraphidia tumulata
Type specimen: 9373(10389), an exoskeleton (head, thorax & wings). Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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