Cratomyia Mazzarolo and Amorim 2000 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Zhangsolvidae

Synonym: Cratomyoides Wilkommen 2007

Full reference: L. A. Mazzarolo and D. S. Amorim. 2000. Cratomyia macrorrhyncha, a Lower Cretaceous brachyceran fossil from the Santana Formation, Brazil, representing a new species, genus and family of the Stratiomyiomorpha (Diptera). Insect Systematics & Evolution 31:91-102

Parent taxon: Zhangsolvidae according to Q. Q. Zhang and B. Wang 2019

See also Arillo et al. 2015, Grimaldi 2016, Grimaldi et al. 2011, Mazzarolo and Amorim 2000 and Wilkommen 2007

Sister taxa: Buccinatormyia, Burmomyia, Linguatormyia, Zhangsolva

Subtaxa: Cratomyia cretacica Cratomyia macrorrhyncha Cratomyia mimetica Cratomyia zhuoi

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Type: Cratomyia macrorrhyncha

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), Myanmar (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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