†Chaetogonopteron bethnorrisae Bickel 2009 (long-legged fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: D. J. Bickel. 2009. The first species described from Cape York amber, Australia: Chaetogonopteron bethnorrisae n. sp. (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Denisia 26:35-39
Belongs to Chaetogonopteron according to D. J. Bickel 2009
Sister taxon: Chaetogonopteron sobrium
Type specimen: QMF 53558, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cape York amber, Temple Bay, which is in a Neogene terrestrial amber in Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cape York amber, Temple Bay
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