Open AccessA New Fossil Snake‐Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae)
Author(s) -
Michael S. Engel
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
psyche a journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1687-7438
pISSN - 0033-2615
DOI - 10.1155/1995/23626
Subject(s) - baltic amber , geography , biology , ecology , genus
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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