†Hilarimorphites burmanica Grimaldi and Cumming 2011 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Apystomyiidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming. 2011. Taxonomic names, in Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, significant new Orthorrhaphous Taxa. ZooKeys 148:293-332
Belongs to Hilarimorphites according to D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming 2011
Sister taxa: Hilarimorphites cummingi, Hilarimorphites longimedia, Hilarimorphites setosa, Hilarimorphites superba, Hilarimorphites yeatesi
Type specimen: AMNH Bu-098, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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