†Hoploscatopse prisca Haenni 2022 (minute black scavenger fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae
Full reference: J. P. Haenni and J. Ševčík. 2022. Hoploscatopse prisca gen. et sp. nov., the first Scatopsidae (Diptera) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 137(105246)
Belongs to Hoploscatopse according to J. P. Haenni and J. Ševčík 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MHNN AMB1875, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (MHNN Neuchatel collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (MHNN Neuchatel collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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