Burmoptera Podenas and Poinar 2009 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar. 2009. New crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111:470-492

Parent taxon: Chioneinae according to S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar 2009

Sister taxa: Cheilotrichia, Erioptera, Gonomyia, Gonomyiini, Gymnastes, Idiocera, Ilisia, Pseudoerioptera, Rhabdomastix, Styringomyia, Symplecta, Tasiocera, Macalpina, Eriopterini, Molophilini, Gnophomyia

Subtaxa: Burmoptera azu

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Type: Burmoptera azu

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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