Insecta - Diptera - Atelestidae
Full reference: S. B. Waters and A. Arillo. 1999. A new genus of Hybotidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) from Lower Cretaceous amber of Alava (Spain). Studia Dipterologica 6:59-66
Belongs to Alavesia according to S. B. Waters and A. Arillo 1999
Sister taxa: Alavesia (Pennonalavesia), Alavesia angusta, Alavesia brevipennae, Alavesia hadroceria, Alavesia lanceolata, Alavesia latala, Alavesia magna, Alavesia myanmarensis, Alavesia pankowskiorum, Alavesia prietoi, Alavesia spinosa, Alavesia tripudii, Alavesia zigrasi
Type specimen: MCNA-8837, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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