†Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi Negrobov 1978 (long-legged fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: O. P. Negrobov. 1978. Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia. Paleontological Journal 12(2):221-228
Belongs to Cretomicrophorus according to O. P. Negrobov 1978
Sister taxa: Cretomicrophorus novemundus, Cretomicrophorus piolencensis
Type specimen: PIN 3311/500, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)
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