Inocelliidae
Temporal range:
Inocelliidae sp., possibly Parainocellia bicolor, photographed in Segonzano (Italy)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.[1]

Subfamilies and Genera

The following genera are included in BioLib.cz:[2]

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[3]
  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

Wikispecies has information related to Inocelliidae.
  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.


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