†Prophilopota succinea Hennig 1966 (spider fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Acroceridae
Name is commonly misspelled Prophilopota succini, but Hennig clearly names it succinea
Full reference: W. Hennig. 1966. Spinnenparasiten der Familie Acroceridae im Baltischen Bernstein. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 165:1-21
Belongs to Prophilopota according to J. P. Gillung and S. L. Winterton 2019
See also Gillung and Winterton 2017 and Hennig 1966
Sister taxon: Prophilopota variegata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection)
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