A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae)

A New Fossil Snake-Fly Species from Baltic Amber (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae)

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A new species of inocelliid snake-fly, Fibla carpenteri, is described and figured frorn Niacin Middle to Upper Eocene Baltic amber.The species belongs to the nominate subgenus and is the largest amber snake-fly currently known.The aberrant fossil species Inocellia peculiaris is transferred to a new genus, EIectrinocellia, and placed in a new subfamily, the Electrinocelliinae, sister Wound Treatments to the remainder of the Inocelliidae.