Cratotabanus stonemyomorphus Martins-Neto and Kucera-Santos 1994 (horse fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Tabanidae

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and J. C. Kucera-Santos. 1994. Um novo gênero e nova espécie de mutuca (Insecta, Diptera, Tabanidae) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 17(39):289-297

Belongs to Cratotabanus according to D. D. D. Carmo et al. 2022

See also Martins-Neto and Kucera-Santos 1994

Sister taxa: Cratotabanus asiaticus, Cratotabanus cearensis, Cratotabanus newjerseyensis

Type specimen: UnG/1T-48, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato, Pedra Branca quarry (UnG collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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