Insecta - Diptera - Zhangsolvidae
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
Belongs to Cratomyia according to L. A. Mazzarolo and D. S. Amorim 2000
Sister taxa: Cratomyia cretacica, Cratomyia mimetica, Cratomyia zhuoi
Type specimen: MZUSP DBRP-0050, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato, Tatajuba farm, Araripe Basin, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large limestone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato, Tatajuba farm, Araripe Basin
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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