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) crassitarsalis, Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) pallipes
Type specimen: JŠ 422/2019 - SM 06/001/2025d, an exoskeleton (wing)
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Ševčík collection, University of Ostrava) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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