Psilocephala Zetterstedt 1838 (stiletto fly)

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

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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