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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Main Author: Michael S. Engel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1995-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/23626
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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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