†Cascoplecia Poinar 2010 (march fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: G. Poinar. 2010. Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 31:71-76
Parent taxon: Cascopleciidae according to G. Poinar 2010
Sister taxa: Cretpenthetria, Fushunoplecia, Lichnoplecia, Plecia, Protopenthetria
Subtaxa: Cascoplecia insolitis
Type: Cascoplecia insolitis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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