Insecta - Diptera - Hybotidae

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: Tachydromiinae according to D. Badano et al. 2023

See also Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 and Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Archaeodrapetiops, Archiplatypalpus, Cretoplatypalpus, Drapetiella, Drapetini, Electrocyrtoma, Symballophthalmini, Tachydromiini, Lochmocola, Eocorynetites

Subtaxa: Mesoplatypalpus carpenteri

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Type: Mesoplatypalpus carpenteri

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cedar Lake (MCZ collection) (Cretaceous of Manitoba)

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