Burmahesperinus pedicellatus Ševčík et al. 2021 (march fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Full reference: J. Ševčík, J. Skartveit, W. Krzemiński and K. Skibińska. 2021. A peculiar new genus of Bibionomorpha (Diptera) with Brachycera-like modification of antennae from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. Insects 12(364)

Belongs to Burmahesperinus according to J. Ševčík et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Burmahesperinus antennatus, Burmahesperinus conicus

Type specimen: ISEA MP/4080, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (ISEA Krakow collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (ISEA Krakow collection)

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