Burmacyrtus Grimaldi and Hauser 2011 (spider fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Acroceridae

Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and M. Hauser. 2011. Taxonomic names, in Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, significant new Orthorrhaphous Taxa. ZooKeys 148:293-332

Parent taxon: Acrocerinae according to S. L. Winterton and J. P. Gillung 2012

See also Grimaldi and Hauser 2011

Sister taxa: Acrocera, Schlingeromyia

Subtaxa: Burmacyrtus rusmithi

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Type: Burmacyrtus rusmithi

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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