†Lysistrata emerita Grimaldi and Arillo 2011 (soldier fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and A. Arillo. 2011. Taxonomic names, in Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, significant new Orthorrhaphous Taxa. ZooKeys 148:293-332
Belongs to Lysistrata according to D. A. Grimaldi and A. Arillo 2011
Sister taxon: Lysistrata burmensis
Type specimen: MCNA 12698, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is PeƱacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at PeƱacerrada outcrop I
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