†Paleoplatyura miae Ševčík et al. 2021 (predatory fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Full reference: J. Ševčík, W. Krzemiński, and K. Skibińska. 2021. Extant genus in the Mesozoic: Paleoplatyura Meunier (Diptera: Keroplatidae) found in the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. Insects 13(24)
Belongs to Paleoplatyura according to J. Ševčík et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Palaeoplatyura eocenica, Palaeoplatyura loewi, Palaeoplatyura macrocera, Paleoplatyura agnieszkae, Paleoplatyura macrocera, Paleoplatyura magnifica
Type specimen: ISEA MP/4075, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, ISEA Krakow collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, ISEA Krakow collection
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