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: Pleciinae according to L. W. Li et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Cretpenthetria, Fushunoplecia, Lichnoplecia, Plecia, Cascoplecia

Subtaxa: Protopenthetria skartveiti

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Type: Protopenthetria skartveiti

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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