†Chimeromyia pilitibia Grimaldi and Cumming 2009 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chimeromyiidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming. 2009. Taxonomic names, in Chimeromyiidae, a new family of Eremoneuran Diptera from the Cretaceous. Zootaxa 2078:34-54
Belongs to Chimeromyia according to D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming 2009
Sister taxa: Chimeromyia acuta, Chimeromyia alava, Chimeromyia burmitica, Chimeromyia intriguea, Chimeromyia mediobscura, Chimeromyia reducta, Chimeromyia vulloi
Type specimen: MNHN Azar 230, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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