| Protovermileo Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Vermileonidae |
| Genus: | †Protovermileo Hennig, 1967[1] |
| Species: | †P. electricus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Protovermileo electricus | |
Protovermileo is an extinct genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae. It contains only the species Protovermileo electricus, which is known from Baltic amber.[2]
- ^ a b Hennig, W. (1967). "Die sogenannten "niederen Brachycera" im Baltischen Bernstein (Diptera: Fam. Xylophagidae, Xylomyidae, Rhagionidae,Tabanidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 174: 51.
- ^ Evenhuis, N.L. (29 Jul 1994). "Family Vermileonidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.