Raptorapax

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Raptorapax
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Rhachiberothidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Raptorapax
Petrulevicius et al., 2010
Species:
R. terribilissima
Binomial name
Raptorapax terribilissima
Petrulevicius et al., 2010

Raptorapax is an extinct genus of rhachiberothid which existed in what is now Lebanon during the early Cretaceous period.[1] It was named by Julian F. Petrulevicius, Dany Azar and André Nel in 2010, and the type species is Raptorapax terribilissima. It was found in Lebanese amber.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Julian F. Petrulevicius, Dany Azar, André Nel (2010). "A New Thorny Lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae) from the Early Cretaceous Amber of Lebanon". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 828–833. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00242.x.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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