†Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) Skartveit et al. 2025 (march fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: J. Skartveit, A. Nel, and J. Kundura and J. 2025. Bibionidae (Diptera) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber: the genera Protopenthetria Li et al., 2021 and Penthetria Meigen, 1803. Zootaxa 5601:451-475
Parent taxon: Protopenthetria according to J. Skartveit et al. 2025
Sister taxon: Protopenthetria (Protopenthetria)
Subtaxa: Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) bicoloripes Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) coronata Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) crassitarsalis Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) globistylus Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) pallipes
Type: Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) bicoloripes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 6 occurrences