Alavesia prietoi Peñalver and Arillo 2007 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Atelestidae

Full reference: E. Peñalver and A. Arillo. 2007. A new species of the family Hybotidae in the Lower Cretaceous amber of El Caleyu (Asturias, Spain); Alavesia prietoi n. sp. Alavesia 1:63-68

Belongs to Alavesia according to E. Peñalver and A. Arillo 2007

Sister taxa: Alavesia (Pennonalavesia), Alavesia angusta, Alavesia brevipennae, Alavesia hadroceria, Alavesia lanceolata, Alavesia latala, Alavesia magna, Alavesia myanmarensis, Alavesia pankowskiorum, Alavesia spinosa, Alavesia subiasi, Alavesia tripudii, Alavesia zigrasi

Type specimen: DGO-3502, an exoskeleton (Female Adult). Its type locality is El Caleyu, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber/claystone in the Ullaga Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at El Caleyu

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