†Ectaetia capdoliensis Fate et al. 2013 (minute black scavenger fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae
Full reference: C. Fate, V. Perrichot, and A. Nel. 2013. A Mid Cretaceous representative of the modern scatopsid genus Ectaetia (Diptera: Scatopsidae: Ectaetiinae). Zootaxa 3686:396-400
Belongs to Ectaetia according to C. Fate et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Ectaetia fasciola
Type specimen: IGR CDL-7, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cadeuil amber, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial amber in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cadeuil amber
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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