Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
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: Dolichopodidae according to D. Badano et al. 2023
See also Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Nel et al. 2016 and Shamshev and Perkovsky 2022
Sister taxa: Achalcinae, Anepsiomyia, Archichrysotus, Argyra debellata, Argyra debilis, Argyra deceptoria, Chrysotus setosus, Condylostylus, Cretomicrophorus, Diaphorinae, Dolichopodinae, Electrochoreutes, Eodolichopoditinae, Gujaratmyia, Hydrophorinae, Hygroceleuthus titanus, Lyroneurus venustus, Medetera frauenfeldi, Medeterinae, Medeterus, Microphorinae, Microphorites, Neurigoninae, Parathalassiinae, Peloropeodinae, Pristinmicrophor, Prosystenus, Rajpardia, Rhaphiinae, Sciapodinae, Sciara pusilla, Sympycninae, Systenus ciliatus, Thinophilus piraticus, Thrypticus sobrius, Xanthochlorinae
Subtaxa: Avenaphora gallica Avenaphora hispida
Type: Avenaphora hispida
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Lebanon (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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