Paraksenocellia borealis Makarkin et al. 2019 (snakefly)

Insecta - Raphidioptera - Inocelliidae

Full reference: V. N. Makarkin, S. B. Archibald, and J. E. Jepson. 2019. The oldest Inocelliidae (Raphidioptera) from the Eocene of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 151:521-530

Belongs to Paraksenocellia according to S. B. Archibald and V. N. Makarkin 2021

See also Makarkin et al. 2019

Sister taxon: Paraksenocellia australis

Type specimen: RBCM.EH2018.129.1, a forewing. Its type locality is Driftwood Canyon (RBCM collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale in Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Driftwood Canyon (RBCM collection)

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