†Canadopeza biacrosticha Grimaldi 2018 (flat-footed fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi. 2018. Basal Cyclorrhapha in amber from the Cretaceous and Tertiary (Insecta: Diptera), and their relationships: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber part IX. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 423:1-97
Belongs to Canadopeza according to D. A. Grimaldi 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: RTMP 96.9.26, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 96.9 accession), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 96.9 accession)
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