Inocelliinae

Inocelliidae

Inocelliidae

Family of insects


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]

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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

  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. 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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