Insecta - Diptera - Atelestidae
Full reference: S. H. Zhang and S. P. Xie. 2020. Taxonomic names, in A new species of dance fly (Diptera, Empidoidea, Atelestidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 118(104660)
Belongs to Alavesia according to S. H. Zhang and S. P. Xie 2020
Sister taxa: Alavesia (Pennonalavesia), Alavesia angusta, Alavesia brevipennae, Alavesia hadroceria, Alavesia lanceolata, Alavesia latala, Alavesia magna, Alavesia myanmarensis, Alavesia pankowskiorum, Alavesia prietoi, Alavesia spinosa, Alavesia subiasi, Alavesia zigrasi
Type specimen: LZUGSW20173219, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Lanzhou University LZU coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Lanzhou University LZU coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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