†Christelenka multiplex Roháček 2023 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Christelenkidae
Full reference: J. Roháček. 2023. Taxonomic names, in Christelenkidae, a new extinct family based on a new taxon from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Acalyptratae), with X-ray synchrotron microtomography imaging of its structures. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 81:475-498
Belongs to Christelenka according to J. Roháček 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SDEI Dip-00820, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
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