Englathauma

Englathauma; Temporal range: Barremian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mecoptera
Family:	†Englathaumatidae; Novokshonov, Ross, Krzeminski et Soszynska-Maj, 2016
Genus:	†Englathauma; Novokshonov, Ross, Krzeminski et Soszynska-Maj, 2016
Species
	Englathauma crabbi Novokshonov, Ross, Krzeminski et Soszynska-Maj, 2016; Englathauma mellishae Novokshonov, Ross, Krzeminski et Soszynska-Maj, 2016;

Englathauma is an extinct genus of scorpionfly. It is the only member of the family Englathaumatidae. It is known from two species, E. crabbi, and E. mellisha. Both species are known from the Weald Clay of the United Kingdom, dating to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous. The family had been a nomen nudum since the death of the lead author of the paper Victor G. Novokshonov, in 2003, until the paper was published in 2016. The well sclerotized wings suggest that they were used as cover to protect the body rather than for flight, similar to the living Notiothauma.[1]

References

Novokshonov, Victor G.; Ross, Andrew J.; Cook, Elizabeth; Krzemiński, Wiesław; Soszyńska-Maj, Agnieszka (July 2016). "A new family of scorpionflies (Insecta; Mecoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England". Cretaceous Research. 62: 44–51. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.01.013.

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[1] Novokshonov, Victor G.; Ross, Andrew J.; Cook, Elizabeth; Krzemiński, Wiesław; Soszyńska-Maj, Agnieszka (July 2016). "A new family of scorpionflies (Insecta; Mecoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England". Cretaceous Research. 62: 44–51. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.01.013.