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

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Type: Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) bicoloripes

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 6 occurrences

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