A new thorny lacewing (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae) from Canadian cretaceous amber

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-121

  McKellar, Ryan C ^a   Engel, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amber; Campanian; Hemerobiiformia; Neuropterida; Planipennia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; GRASSY LAKE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BEROTHIDAE; CHRYSOPIDAE; HEMEROBIIFORMIA; MYA; NEUROPTERA; NEUROPTERIDA;

EID: 77749234023     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES811.10.1     Document Type: Article

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