†Retinitus Negrobov 1978 (long-legged fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: O. P. Negrobov. 1978. Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia. Paleontological Journal 12(2):221-228
Parent taxon: Parathalassiinae according to J. M. Cumming and D. E. Greenwalt 2022
See also Carpenter 1992 and Negrobov 1978
Sister taxa: Electrophorella, Microphorella
Subtaxa: Retinitus nervosus
Type: Retinitus nervosus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)
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