†Chimeromyia alava Arillo and Grimaldi 2009 (fly)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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