Florissantoraphidia funerata Engel 2003 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae

Alternative combination: Raphidia funerata

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2003. A new Eocene-Oligocene snakefly from Florissant, Colorado (Raphidioptera: Raphidiidae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 106:124-128

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

See also Engel 2003

Sister taxon: Florissantoraphidia mortua

Type specimen: NHM In. 26922, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (BMNH Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (BMNH Collection)

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