Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: D. Badano, B. J. Sinclair, Q. Q. Zhang, F. Palermo, N. Pieroni, L. Maugeri, M. Fratini and P. Cerretti. 2023. New Cretaceous empidoids and the Mesozoic dance fly revolution (Diptera: Empidoidea). Cladistics 39:337-357
Belongs to Electrochoreutes according to D. Badano et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Electrochoreutes electroechinus, Electrochoreutes falculigerus, Electrochoreutes furcillatus, Electrochoreutes pankowskii, Electrochoreutes planitibia, Electrochoreutes trisetigerus
Type specimen: NIGP 201461, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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