Psilocephala Zetterstedt 1838 (stiletto fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Therevidae
Synonym: Paraclia Enderlein 1936
Full reference: J. W. Zetterstedt. 1838. Insecta Lapponica Descripta. Sectio Tertia: Diptera 477-868
Parent taxon: Therevidae according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
See also Aldrich 1905, Cockerell 1909, Hauser and Fisher 2007 and Statz 1940
Sister taxa: Arctogephyra, Cretothereva, Kroeberiella, Palaeopherocera, Phycusinae, Therevinae, Xestomyzinae
Subtaxa: Psilocephala electrella
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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