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Raphidiomorpha

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)175117https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=175117
Ranksuborder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Raphidioptera : Raphidiomorpha
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
superorderNeuropterida
orderRaphidiopteraHandlirsch 1908
suborderRaphidiomorphaEngel 2002
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Raphidiomorphasuborderbelongs to Raphidiopterastated with evidenceEngel, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)184
Extant Size (PBDB)14 (7.6%)
First Recorded Appearance197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. S. Engel. 2002. The smallest snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae): a new species in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with a catalog of fossil snakeflies. American Museum Novitates 3363:1-22

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Baissopteridae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
42125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Raphidiformia
unranked clade
listed (PBDB)138197 Ma
Early Jurassic
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Raphidiomorpha Engel
2007Raphidiomorpha Perrichot and Engel p. 2
2011Raphidiomorpha Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger p. 230
2018Raphidiomorpha Engel et al.

References

Engel M. S. (2002) The smallest snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae): a new species in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with a catalog of fossil snakeflies, American Museum Novitates 3363, 1-22
Perrichot V., Engel M. S. (2007) Early Cretaceous snakefly larvae in amber from Lebanon, Myanmar, and France (Raphidioptera), American Museum Novitates 3598, 1-11
Bechly G., Wolf-Schwenninger K. (2011) A new fossil genus and species of snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with a discussion of snakefly phylogeny and fossil history, Insect Systematics & Evolution 42, 221-236
Engel M. S., Winterton S. L., et al (2018) Phylogeny and evolution of Neuropterida: where have wings of lace taken us?, Annual Review of Entomology 63, 531-551
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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