Proclinopyga ulrichi Sinclair 2010 (dagger fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

Full reference: B. J. Sinclair. 2010. Proclinopyga ulrichi sp. nov.: the first fossil aquatic dance fly of the subfamily Clinocerinae (Diptera: Empididae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57(1):85-89

Belongs to Proclinopyga according to B. J. Sinclair 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CNC DIPTERA/ # 12248, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (ZFMK collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (ZFMK collection)

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