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Feroseta
''Feroseta'' is an extinct genus of mantidfly in the neuropteran family Mantispidae known from a fossil found in North America, and which contains a single species, ''Feroseta prisca''.
==History and classification==
''Feroseta prisca'' was described from a solitary fossil, which is preserved as an inclusion in a transparent chunk of Dominican amber, mined from the La Toca mine in the Dominican Republic. At the time of description the amber specimen was part of the Poinar Amber Collections, maintained by Oregon State University, as specimen number N-4-16. The holotype fossil is composed of a very complete adult male.〔 The amber dates from at least the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene, based on studying the associated fossil foraminifera and may be as old as the Middle Eocene, based on the associated fossil coccoliths. This age range is due to the host rock being secondary deposits for the amber and the Miocene being the youngest age range that it might belong to.
The male holotype was first studied by noted amber researcher George Poinar, Jr. from Oregon State University with his 2006 type description of the genus and species being published in the natural sciences journal ''Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington''. The genus name was derived from a combination of the Latin "fero" meaning ''to bear'' and "seta" meaning ''bristle'', a reference to the setae present on the wings of the species. The specific epithet ''prisca'' was coined from the Greek word "priscus" meaning ''ancient''.〔〔 The name was amended to ''F. prisca'' in 2007 by Michael Engel and David Grimaldi, who noted the genus name was of feminine gender, and ''prisca'' the correct species name structure. ''F. prisca'' is one of two mantidfly species described from Dominican amber. The other species, ''Dicromantispa moronei'' was described in 2007 by Engel and Grimaldi. Engel and Grimaldi also suggested the genus placement of the species to be dubious but did not state why they thought such.〔
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