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Issue: Vol. 2353 No. 1: 8 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2353.1.4
Page range: 49–54
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

A new myrmeleontoid genus from the Crato Formation of Northeast Brazil (Lower Cretaceous) (Insecta: Neuroptera: Palaeoleontidae)

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CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France
Neuroptera Insecta Palaeoleontidae Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation Brazil

Abstract

The spectacular palaeoleontid Araripeleon alphonsei gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil). This large neuropteran is the fourth genus of this Mesozoic family in this Formation.

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