Lonchopterites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera

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: Lonchopteroidea according to D. A. Grimaldi 2018

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

Sister taxa: Alonchoptera, Lonchopteridae, Lonchopteromorpha

Subtaxa: Lonchopterites burmensis Lonchopterites prisca

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Type: Lonchopterites prisca

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection), Myanmar (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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