†Archicnephia ornithoraptor 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
Belongs to Archicnephia according to D. C. Currie and D. Grimaldi 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-115, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
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