Inocelliidae

Inocelliidae
Temporal range: Eocene–recent
Inocelliidae sp., possibly Parainocellia bicolor, photographed in Segonzano (Italy)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Raphidioptera
Suborder: Raphidiomorpha
Family: Inocelliidae
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Subfamilies

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Inocelliidae is a small family of snakeflies containing 8 genera of which one is known only from fossils. They are commonly known as inocelliid snakeflies. The largest known species is Fibla carpenteri known from fossils found in baltic amber.

Subfamilies and Genera

The following genera are included in BioLib.cz:

Inocelliinae

Authority: Engel, 1995

  1. Amurinocellia Aspöck & Aspöck, 1973 (Recent)
  2. Fibla Navás, 1915 (Eocene-Recent; Fossils: Baltic amber, Spain, USA)
  3. Indianoinocellia Aspöck & Aspöck, 1970
  4. Inocellia Schneider, 1843
  5. Negha Navas, 1916
  6. Parainocellia H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 1968
  7. †Paraksenocellia Makarkin, Archibald, & Jepson, 2019
  8. Sininocellia Yang, 1985

Fossil taxa

Includes subfamily †Electrinocelliinae Engel, 1995

  1. †Electrinocellia Engel, 1995 (Eocene; Baltic amber)
  2. †Succinofibla Aspöck and Aspöck, 2004

References

  1. ↑ Engel, M.S. (1995). "A new fossil snake-fly species from Baltic amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 102: 187–193. doi:10.1155/1995/23626. hdl:1808/16479. Archived from the original on 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  2. ↑ BioLib.cz: family Inocelliidae (retrieved 5 September 2021)
  3. ↑ Makarkin, V.N.; Archibald, S.B.; Jepson, J.E. (2019). "The oldest Inocelliidae (Raphidioptera) from the Eocene of western North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 151 (4): 521–530. doi:10.4039/tce.2019.26.