Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae

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: Platypezidae according to D. A. Grimaldi 2018

See also Amorim et al. 2018 and Grimaldi and Cumming 1999

Sister taxa: Agathomyia, Burmapeza, Callomyia, Calvopeza, Canadopeza, Chandleromyia, Lebambromyia, Lebanopeza, Lindneromyia, Mecistoneuron, Mesopetia, Microsania, Oppenheimiella, Platypezininae

Subtaxa: Electrosania cretica

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Type: Electrosania cretica

Ecology:

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

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