†Lysistrata burmensis Liu et al. 2016 (soldier fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae
Full reference: Y. M. Liu, C. Y. Cai, and D. Y. Huang. 2016. First soldier fly from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diptera, Stratiomyidae). Cretaceous Research 70:142-146
Belongs to Lysistrata according to Y. M. Liu et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Lysistrata emerita
Type specimen: NIGP 164040, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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