†Protopenthetria Li et al. 2021 (march fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: L. W. Li, K. Skibińska, W. Krzemiński, B. Wang, C. T. Xiao and Q. Q. Zhang. 2021. A new March fly Protopenthetria skartveiti gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Diptera, Bibionidae, Plecinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 127(104924)
Parent taxon: Hesperininae according to J. Skartveit et al. 2025
See also Li et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Hesperinus, Longicornia, Penthetria
Subtaxa: Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) Protopenthetria (Protopenthetria)
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 12 occurrences
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