Raptorapax
''Raptorapax'' is an extinct genus of Rhachiberothidae, rhachiberothid which existed in what is now Lebanon during the early Cretaceous period. It was named by Julian F. Petrulevicius, Dany Azar and André Nel in 2010 in paleontology, 2010, and the type species is ''Raptorapax terribilissima''. It was found in Lebanese amber. References

Mantispoidea Fossil taxa described in 2010 Cretaceous insects of Asia Monotypic prehistoric insect genera {{cretaceous-insect-stub ...
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Rhachiberothidae
Rhachiberothidae, sometimes called thorny lacewings, are a family of winged insects in the order Neuroptera. The family has only 14 extant species in 4 genera found in Sub-Saharan Africa, but has a diverse fossil record extending back to the Early Cretaceous in Lebanon (then part of North Gondwana), Eurasia and North America. Like the closely related Mantispidae members of the group possess raptorial forelegs, which probably only evolved once in the common ancestor of the groups. Long included in the Berothidae (beaded lacewings), they are usually considered a separate family by current authors. Another closely related group are the mantidflies (Mantispidae), and at least some of the probably paraphyletic group of fossil forms collectively called " Mesithonidae" also seem to be quite close. Taxonomy *Rhachiberothidae Tjeder, 1959 ** † Paraberothinae Nel ''et al''., 2005 *** †'' Acanthoberotha'' Nakamine et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) ***†'' Alber ...
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