Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Full reference: N. L. Evenhuis. 2020. Vladelektra, an enigmatic new genus of killer fungus gnats (Diptera: Keroplatidae: incertae sedis) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 139:1-9

Parent taxon: Keroplatidae according to N. L. Evenhuis 2020

Sister taxa: Adamacrocerinae, Keroplatinae, Lygistorrhininae, Macrocerinae, Paleoplatyura, Platyura armata, Platyura calcar, Platyura ceroplatites, Platyura ceroplatoides, Platyura crassicornis, Platyura distincta, Platyura ectorsii, Platyura ehrhardti, Platyura exigua, Platyura graciosa, Platyura kunowi, Platyura mikii, Platyura moniliformis, Platyura pusilla, Platyura verrali, Platyurinae, Vastaplatyura

Subtaxa: Vladelektra blagoderovi

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Type: Vladelektra blagoderovi

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Bishop Museum BPBM collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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