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) globistylus

Type specimen: JS-Burmite 047/SDEI-Amb 00254, 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)

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