Tethepomyia Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Tethepomyiidae

Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239:1-121

Parent taxon: Tethepomyiidae according to D. A. Grimaldi 2016

See also Grimaldi et al. 2011 and Grimaldi and Barden 2016

Sister taxon: Tethepomima

Subtaxa: Tethepomyia buruhandi Tethepomyia coxa Tethepomyia thauma Tethepomyia zigrasi

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Type: Tethepomyia thauma

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections), Spain (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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