†Araripogon axelrodi Grimaldi 1990 (robber fly)
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Full reference: D. Grimaldi. 1990. Insects from the Santana formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil - Chapter 9. Diptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:164-183
Belongs to Araripogon according to D. Grimaldi 1990
Sister taxon: Araripogon pulchrus
Type specimen: AMNH 43514, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (AMNH collection)
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