†subfamily Adamacrocerinae Ševčík et al. 2020 (predatory fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Full reference: J. Ševčík, W. Krzemiński, and K. Skibińska. 2020. Intriguing and beautiful: Adamacrocera adami gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous amber of Myanmar represents a new subfamily of Keroplatidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha). Insects 11(552)

Parent taxon: Keroplatidae according to J. Ševčík et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Keroplatinae, Lygistorrhininae, Macrocerinae, Paleoplatyura, Platyura armata, Platyura calcar, Platyura ceroplatites, Platyura ceroplatoides, Platyura crassicornis, Platyura distincta, Platyura ectorsii, Platyura ehrhardti, Platyura exigua, Platyura graciosa, Platyura kunowi, Platyura mikii, Platyura moniliformis, Platyura pusilla, Platyura verrali, Platyurinae, Vastaplatyura

Subtaxa: Adamacrocera

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Type: Adamacrocera

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Silesian Museum SMOC coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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