†Proceroplatus hennigi Schmalfuss 1979 (predatory fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Full reference: H. Schmalfuss. 1979. Proceroplatus hennigi n. sp., die erste Pilzmücke aus dem Dominikanischen Bernstein (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Diptera, Mycetophiloidea, Keroplatidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 49:1-9
Belongs to Proceroplatus according to N. L. Evenhuis 2006
See also Schmalfuss 1979
Sister taxon: Proceroplatus preziosii
Type specimen: SMNS Do-45-K, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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