Chimeromyia alava Arillo and Grimaldi 2009 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Chimeromyiidae

Full reference: A. Arillo and D. A. Grimaldi. 2009. Taxonomic names, in Chimeromyiidae, a new family of Eremoneuran Diptera from the Cretaceous. Zootaxa 2078:34-54

Belongs to Chimeromyia according to A. Arillo and D. A. Grimaldi 2009

Sister taxa: Chimeromyia acuta, Chimeromyia burmitica, Chimeromyia intriguea, Chimeromyia mediobscura, Chimeromyia pilitibia, Chimeromyia reducta, Chimeromyia vulloi

Type specimen: MCNA 9238, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is PeƱacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at PeƱacerrada outcrop I

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