†Neuseptychoptera Szadziewski et al. 2017 (phantom crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski, V. E. Krynicki, and W. KrzemiĆski. 2017. The latest record of the extinct subfamily Eoptychopterinae (Diptera: Ptychopteridae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of North Carolina. Cretaceous Research 82:147-151
Parent taxon: Eoptychopterinae according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Architendipes, Crenoptychoptera, Crivoptychoptera, Doptychoptera, Eolimnobia, Eolimnobia geinitzi, Eoptychoptera, Leptychoptera, Nedoptychoptera, Eoptychopterina
Subtaxa: Neuseptychoptera carolinensis
Type: Neuseptychoptera carolinensis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Neuse River amber (Cretaceous of North Carolina)
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