Full reference: V. G. Kovalev. 1978. A New Fly Genus (Empididae) From Late Cretaceous Retinites of the Taymyr. Paleontological Journal 12(3):351-356
Parent taxon: Tachydromiinae according to D. Badano et al. 2023
See also Carpenter 1992, Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Kovalev 1978 and Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Archaeodrapetiops, Archiplatypalpus, Drapetiella, Drapetini, Electrocyrtoma, Mesoplatypalpus, Symballophthalmini, Tachydromiini, Lochmocola, Eocorynetites
Subtaxa: Cretoplatypalpus americanus Cretoplatypalpus archaeus
Type: Cretoplatypalpus archaeus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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