†Tethepomyia zigrasi Grimaldi and Arillo 2011 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Tethepomyiidae
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 Tethepomyia according to D. A. Grimaldi and P. Barden 2016
See also Grimaldi and Arillo 2011
Sister taxa: Tethepomyia buruhandi, Tethepomyia coxa, Tethepomyia thauma
Type specimen: Its type locality is Burmese amber (Zigras coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Zigras coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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