Turonempis Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 (dagger fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

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: Empidinae according to D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming 1999

Sister taxa: Chelipodini, Empidini, Emplita, Hemerodromiini, Hilarini, Parathalassiella

Subtaxa: Turonempis styx

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Type: Turonempis styx

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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