Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Full reference: L. W. Li, Q. Q. Zhang, and C. T. Xiao. 2021. A new genus and species of Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionoidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 60:243-252

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

See also Li et al. 2021

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

Subtaxa: Cretpenthetria burmensis

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Type: Cretpenthetria burmensis

Ecology:

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

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