Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: J. Q. Gao, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2016. New species of Limoniidae (Diptera) from Myanmar amber, Upper Cretaceous. Cretaceous Research 58:42-48
Belongs to Dicranoptycha according to J. Q. Gao et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Dicranoptycha anna, Dicranoptycha burmitica, Dicranoptycha electrina, Dicranoptycha europaea, Dicranoptycha fragmentata, Dicranoptycha germana, Dicranoptycha lignitica, Dicranoptycha megaphallus, Dicranoptycha osata, Dicranoptycha rottensis, Dicranoptycha staryi
Type specimen: CNU-DIP-MA2015002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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