A new extraordinary neuropterid family from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil: a new insect order? (Insecta, Neuropterida) |
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| Authors: | A. Nel, G. Bechly, R. Garrouste, B. Pohl,F. Escuilli |
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| Affiliation: | aCNRS UMR 5143, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France;bStaatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Abt. Paläontologie – Sekt. Bernstein, Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart, Germany;cWyoming Dinosaur Center, PO Box 868, 110 Carter Ranch Road, Thermopolis, WY 82443, USA;dEldonia, 28 rue Hettier de Boislambert, F-03800 Gannat, France |
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| Abstract: | A new, highly specialized family, Rafaelidae, is proposed for two new lacewing-like species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation in the Araripe Basin, Brazil. They have body and wing venation characters that are unique within the neuropterid insects, i.e., head, ovipositor, organization of the radial and median veins and structure of the subcostal vein. This new family cannot be attributed to any known insect order with certainty. These discoveries support the hypothesis of a considerable morphological disparity between neuropterid insects during the Early Cretaceous, as for the Odonatoptera. |
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| Keywords: | Insecta Neuropterida Raphidioptera Neuroptera Rafaelidae fam. nov. Cretaceous Crato Brazil Fossil Morphological disparity |
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