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Amarantoraphidia
Extinct genus of insects / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amarantoraphidia is an extinct genus of snakefly in the family Mesoraphidiidae. The genus is solely known from Early Cretaceous, Albian age, fossil amber found in Spain. Currently the genus comprises only a single species Amarantoraphidia ventolina.[1]
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Amarantoraphidia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Raphidioptera |
Family: | †Mesoraphidiidae |
Genus: | †Amarantoraphidia |
Species: | †A. ventolina |
Binomial name | |
†Amarantoraphidia ventolina Pérez-de la Fuente, et al, 2012 | |
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