Cretomicrophorus novemundus Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 (long-legged fly)

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

Belongs to Cretomicrophorus according to D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming 1999

Sister taxa: Cretomicrophorus piolencensis, Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi

Type specimen: AMNH NJ-635, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology:

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

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