Austroraphidia

{{Short description|Extinct genus of insects}}

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| fossil_range= {{Fossilrange|125|112|Early Cretaceous}}

| genus = Austroraphidia

| species = brasiliensis

| authority = Nel et al., 1990

}}

Austroraphidia is an extinct genus of snakefly in the family of Baissopteridae. Austroraphidia fossils were described by Willmann in 1994. The genus was later described by Michael S. Engel in 2002. It has five sister taxa; Baissoptera, Cretinocellia, Cretoraphidia, Cretoraphidiopsis and Lugala.{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=212020|title=†Austroraphidia: Willmann, 1994 (snakefly)|publisher=The Paleobiology Database|date=|access-date=12 August 2012}} Its fossils were found at the Crato MNHN collection in Brazil, often known as the Cretaceous of Brazil.A. Nel, Y. Séméria, and R. G. Martins-Neto. 1990. Un Raphidioptera fossile du Cretace inferieur du Bresil (Neuropteroidea). Neuroptera International 6(1):27-37. Retrieved 12 August 2012.A. Nel, X. Delclos, and A. Hutin. 2005. Mesozoic chrysopid-like Planipennia: a phylogenetic approach (Insecta: Neuroptera). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 41:29-69. Retrieved 12 August 2012. It contains one species, the extinct Austroraphidia brasiliensis, which was described by Nel et al. in 1990. Its average body length is {{convert|12.3|cm}}, the forewing is {{convert|10.2|x|3.0|cm}} and the hindwing is {{convert|9.5|x|2.88|cm}}.{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=212021|title=†Austroraphidia brasiliensis: Nel et al., 1990 (snakefly)|publisher=The Paleobiology Database|date=|access-date=12 August 2012}}