†subfamily Cascopleciinae Poinar 2010 (march fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Alternative spelling: Cascopleciidae

Full reference: G. Poinar. 2010. Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 31:71-76

Parent taxon: Bibionidae according to J. Skartveit 2026

See also Pape et al. 2011 and Poinar 2010

Sister taxa: Bibio elongatus, Bibio incrassatus, Bibio linearis, Bibio robustus, Bibioninae, Burmahesperininae, Cretobibioninae, Hesperininae, Pleciinae, Protomyia adusta, Protomyia formicoides, Protomyia fusca

Subtaxa: Cascoplecia

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Type: Cascoplecia

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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