Alloraphidia kyzylzharica Makarkin and Khramov 2015 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae

Full reference: V. N. Makarkin and A. V. Khramov. 2015. A new fossil species of snakeflies (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan, with notes on Turonian Neuropterida. Cretaceous Research 52:407-415

Belongs to Alloraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015

See also Makarkin and Khramov 2015

Sister taxa: Alloraphidia asiatica, Alloraphidia dorfi, Alloraphidia petrosa

Type specimen: PIN 2383/159, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2383), which is in a Turonian pond mudstone in Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2383)

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