Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Full reference: V. A. Blagoderov and D. Grimaldi. 2004. Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae. American Museum Novitates 3433:1-76

Parent taxon: Gnoristinae according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004

Sister taxa: Aglaomyia, Apolephthisa, Boletina, Coelosia, Drepanorzeckia, Dziedzickia, Gnoriste, Gregikia, Ipsaneusidalys, Loewiella, Metahadroneura, Palaecomoptera, Palaeoboletina, Palaeodocosia, Palaeoempalia, Palaeosynapha, Palaeothoracotropis, Paradzickia, Proapolephthisa, Proboletina, Prohadroneura, Saigusaia, Sinoboleta, Synapha

Subtaxa: Gaalomyia carolinae

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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