†Neuseptychoptera carolinensis Szadziewski et al. 2017 (phantom crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski, V. E. Krynicki, and W. Krzemiński. 2017. The latest record of the extinct subfamily Eoptychopterinae (Diptera: Ptychopteridae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of North Carolina. Cretaceous Research 82:147-151
Belongs to Neuseptychoptera according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MAI 5667, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Neuse River amber, which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in North Carolina.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Neuse River amber
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