†Protanthomyia minuta Michelsen 2000 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Anthomyiidae
Full reference: V. Michelsen. 2000. Oldest authentic record of a fossil calyptrate fly (Diptera): a species of Anthomyiidae from early Cenozoic Baltic amber. Studia Dipterologica 7:11-18
Belongs to Protanthomyia according to V. Michelsen 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Hoffeins 948, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
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