†Proplatypygus matilei Nel and De Ploeg 2004 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Mythicomyiidae
Full reference: A. Nel and G. De Ploeg. 2004. New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin. Geologica Acta 2(1):57-65
Belongs to Proplatypygus according to A. Nel and G. De Ploeg 2004
Sister taxon: Proplatypygus succineus
Type specimen: PA 2358, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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