†Alavesia (Pennonalavesia) wimpala Stark et al. 2020 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Atelestidae
Full reference: A. Stark, C. Hoffeins, H. W. Hoffeins and A. Arillo. 2020. Signal from the Cretaceous - a new species of Alavesia from Burmese amber (Diptera: Empidoidea: Atelestidae). Palaeoentomology 3:513-524
Belongs to Alavesia (Pennonalavesia) according to A. Stark et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Alavesia (Pennonalavesia) longicornuta, Alavesia (Pennonalavesia) longistylata
Type specimen: CCHH 1632-10, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hoffeins collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hoffeins collection)
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