†Proironia Grimaldi 2018 (ironic fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ironomyiidae
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
Parent taxon: Ironomyiidae according to D. A. Grimaldi 2018
Sister taxa: Cretonomyiinae, Sinolestinae
Subtaxa: Proironia burmitica Proironia gibbera
Type: Proironia gibbera
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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