A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae)
A new species of inocelliid snake-fly, Fibla carpenteri, is described and figured frorn Middle to Upper Eocene Baltic amber. The species belongs to the nominate subgenus and is the largest amber snake-fly currently known. The aberrant fossil species Inocellia peculiaris is transferred to a new genus...
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| description | A new species of inocelliid snake-fly, Fibla carpenteri, is described and figured frorn Middle to Upper Eocene Baltic amber. The species belongs to the nominate subgenus and is the largest amber snake-fly currently known. The aberrant fossil species Inocellia peculiaris is transferred to a new genus, EIectrinocellia, and placed in a new subfamily, the Electrinocelliinae, sister to the remainder of the Inocelliidae. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-615cd904ee4c4a24a0b41fe079c28eab2025-08-20T03:34:49ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74381995-01-011023-418719310.1155/1995/23626A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae)Michael S. Engel0Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USAA new species of inocelliid snake-fly, Fibla carpenteri, is described and figured frorn Middle to Upper Eocene Baltic amber. The species belongs to the nominate subgenus and is the largest amber snake-fly currently known. The aberrant fossil species Inocellia peculiaris is transferred to a new genus, EIectrinocellia, and placed in a new subfamily, the Electrinocelliinae, sister to the remainder of the Inocelliidae.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/23626 |
| spellingShingle | Michael S. Engel A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) |
| title_full | A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) |
| title_fullStr | A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) |
| title_short | A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) |
| title_sort | new fossil snake fly species from baltic amber raphidioptera inocelliidae |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/23626 |
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