Araripenymphes

Araripenymphes
Temporal range: AptianCenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Cratosmylidae
Genus: Araripenymphes
Menon, Martins-Neto & Martill, 2005
Type species
Araripenymphes seldeni
Menon, Martins-Neto & Martill, 2005
Other species
  • A. burmanus
    Lu, Xu & Liu, 2022
  • A. koreicus
    Khramov & Nam, 2024

Araripenymphes is an extinct genus of lacewing which lived during the Cretaceous period of South America and Asia. The type species is A. seldeni from the Crato Formation of Brazil (Araripe Basin). The two other species are A. burmanus from the Burmese amber of Myanmar and A. koreicus from the Jinju Formation of South Korea.