Hondelagia

Hondelagia is an extinct genus of snakefly in the Priscaenigmatidae family. The genus has been described three times under the same taxonomy, but was initially described by A. Bode in 1953.[1] It currently contains one species, the Hondelagia reticulata which was described by Bode in 1953.[2] Its wing is 7 centimetres (2.8 in) in length and 3 centimetres (1.2 in) in width.[1][3] It was found in Hondelage in Braunschweig.[4][5] The genus was later described in 1992 by F. M. Carpenter[6] and in 2002 by M. S. Engel.[7][1] The genus' sister taxa is the extinct Priscaenigma.[5] The species has no sister taxa.[8]

Hondelagia Temporal range: Early Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Raphidioptera
Family:	†Priscaenigmatidae
Genus:	†Hondelagia
Species:	†H. reticulata
Binomial name
†Hondelagia reticulata (Bode) 1953

References

1. "Hondelagia". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
2. "Hondelagia reticulata". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
3. W. Kiessling. 2004. Ecology opinions. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
4. A. Bode. 1953. Die Insektenfauna des Ostniedersachsischen Oberen Lias. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 103:1-375. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
5. "†Hondelagia: Bode 1953 (snakefly)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
6. F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part 4 Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda. The Geological Society America, Inc. & University of Kansas, Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas, USA 3 and 4. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
7. M. S. Engel. 2002. The smallest snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae): a new species in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with a catalog of fossil snakeflies. American Museum Novitates 3363:1-22. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
8. "Hondelagia reticulata". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 August 2012.