Insecta - Diptera - Pleciofungivoridae
Full reference: Q. Q. Zhang, W. M. Krzemiński, J., V. Blagoderov, A. Soszyńska and K. Skibińska. 2024. Flat-footed females and missing males: a new genus and species of Pleciofungivoridae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) represents the first record of the family from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Acta Geologica Sinica 98:541-547
Belongs to Cretopleciofungivora according to Q. Q. Zhang et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 177889, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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