Cretpenthetria burmensis Li et al. 2021 (march fly)

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

Belongs to Cretpenthetria according to L. W. Li et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 163430, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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