Araripogon pulchrus Lamas et al. 2021 (robber fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Full reference: C. J. E. Lamas, S. Sampronha, and G. C. Ribeiro. 2021. A new robber fly from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation of NE Brazil (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae). Cretaceous Research 131(105114)

Belongs to Araripogon according to C. J. E. Lamas et al. 2021

Sister taxon: Araripogon axelrodi

Type specimen: IGC-USP GP-1E-10634/10635, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (IGC-USP collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (IGC-USP collection)

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