Protragoneura Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 (fungus gnat)

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: Tetragoneurinae according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004

Sister taxa: Disparoleia, Docosia, Ectrepesthoneura, Hemolia, Izleiina, Nedocosia, Prodocosia, Pronovakia, Tetragoneura, Zeliinia

Subtaxa: Protragoneura platycera

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Type: Protragoneura platycera

Ecology:

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

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