†Novelaria aetheria Solórzano Kraemer and Nel 2009 (snipe fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: M. M. Solórzano Kraemer and A. Nel. 2009. First recorded evidence in the fossil record of snipe flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae) in Cretaceous amber, France. Cretaceous Research 30:1367-1375
Belongs to Novelaria according to M. M. Solórzano Kraemer and A. Nel 2009
Sister taxa: Novelaria magna, Novelaria una
Type specimen: MNHN ARC226.11, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Charentese amber, Archingeay-Les-Nouillers, subunit A1sl-A, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Charentese amber, Archingeay-Les-Nouillers, subunit A1sl-A
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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