Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Full reference: M. M. Solórzano Kraemer and N. L. Evenhuis. 2008. The first keroplatid (Diptera: Keroplatidae) species from the Lower Eocene amber of Vastan, Gujarat, India. Zootaxa 1816:57-60

Parent taxon: Keroplatidae according to M. M. Solórzano Kraemer and N. L. Evenhuis 2008

Sister taxa: Adamacrocerinae, Keroplatinae, Lygistorrhininae, Macrocerinae, Paleoplatyura, Platyura armata, Platyura calcar, Platyura ceroplatites, Platyura ceroplatoides, Platyura crassicornis, Platyura distincta, Platyura ectorsii, Platyura ehrhardti, Platyura exigua, Platyura graciosa, Platyura kunowi, Platyura mikii, Platyura moniliformis, Platyura pusilla, Platyura verrali, Platyurinae

Subtaxa: Vastaplatyura electrica

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Type: Vastaplatyura electrica

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Vastan lignite mine (MLGDLU collection) (Eocene of India)

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