Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Synonym: Promacrocera Armbruster 1938
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281
Parent taxon: Macrocerini according to A. Pełczyńska et al. 2025
See also Aldrich 1905, Armbruster 1938, Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Evenhuis 2006, Johannsen 1909, Mantič et al. 2020, Matile 1990 and Statz 1944
Sister taxa: Electrocera, Hegalari, Hesperodes, Schlueterimyia
Subtaxa: Macrocera apithanos Macrocera archaica Macrocera barteki Macrocera electricornis Macrocera grandis Macrocera hoffeinsorum Macrocera minor Macrocera minuta Macrocera obliqua Macrocera pawli Macrocera poseidonis Macrocera sevciki Macrocera stuckinamberi Macrocera tymoni Macrocera umbonata Macrocera vonneguti
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Montana)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1), Spain (1)
Total: 10 collections including 15 occurrences
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