†Archicnephia Currie and Grimaldi 2000 (black fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Simuliidae
Full reference: D. C. Currie and D. Grimaldi. 2000. A new black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) genus from mid Cretaceous (Turonian) amber of New Jersey. Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 473-485
Parent taxon: Simuliini according to D. C. Currie and D. Grimaldi 2000
Sister taxa: Ectemnia lithuanica, Ugolyakia
Subtaxa: Archicnephia ornithoraptor
Type: Archicnephia ornithoraptor
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)
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