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
Belongs to Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) according to J. Skartveit et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) bicoloripes, Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) coronata, Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) globistylus, Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) pallipes
Type specimen: JS-Burmite 011/SDEI-Amb-002535, an exoskeleton (wing). Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Skartveit/SDEI collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Skartveit/SDEI collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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