†Pseudoacarterus orapaensis Waters 1989 (dance fly)
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Full reference: S. B. Waters. 1989. A new Hybotine Dipteran from the Cretaceous of Botswana. Palaeontology 32(3):657-667
Belongs to Pseudoacarterus according to M. M. Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023
See also Waters 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BP/2/25224ab, an exoskeleton (mangled body with well preserved wings). Its type locality is Orapa (Bernard Price Institute), which is in a Turonian lacustrine - large mudstone in Botswana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute)
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