Early Cretaceous snakefly larvae in amber from Lebanon, Myanmar, and France (Raphidioptera)

Title Variants

Alternative: Cretaceous snakefly larvae

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3598

By

Perrichot, Vincent

Engel, Michael S.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c2007

Notes

Caption title.

"December 12, 2007."

Abstract also in French.

[English abstract]. Snakefly (Raphidioptera) larvae are newly documented from the early Cretaceous ambers of Lebanon, Myanmar (Burma), and France. Previously only two Cretaceous larvae had been documented, one in late Cretaceous (Turonian) amber from New Jersey and another in early Cretaceous (Albian) amber from Myanmar. The specimens discussed herein are likely representative of the extinct family Mesoraphidiidae, but definitive familial assignment is currently not possible. The new fossil material is described and placed into context with the known larval morphology of modern and fossil species, as well as with the geological history of the order as documented by the remains of adults.

Subjects

Amber fossils , Burma , Cretaceous , France , Insects, Fossil , Larvae , Lebanon , Paleontology , Raphidioptera

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3598 2007

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3598[1:ECSLIA]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 184730573