†Cretothereva antiqua Carmo et al. 2021 (stiletto fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Therevidae
Full reference: D. D. D. Carmo, C. J. E. Lamas, and G. C. Ribeiro. 2021. The oldest fossil stiletto fly: a new genus and species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Diptera: Therevidae). Cretaceous Research 130(105039)
Belongs to Cretothereva according to D. D. D. Carmo et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MZ053420, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (Vulcano collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (Vulcano collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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