†Burmacyrtus rusmithi Grimaldi and Hauser 2011 (spider fly)
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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
Belongs to Burmacyrtus according to D. A. Grimaldi and M. Hauser 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH Bu-RS1, 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)
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