Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: H. Zhang and Y. Wang. 2025. Taxonomic names, in Three new species of Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato: Microphorinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 5661:108-116
Belongs to Microphorites according to H. Zhang and Y. Wang 2025
Sister taxa: Microphorites curtipedis, Microphorites deploegi, Microphorites erikai, Microphorites extinctus, Microphorites hamataculeus, Microphorites magaliae, Microphorites moravicus, Microphorites oculeus, Microphorites pouilloni, Microphorites similis, Microphorites utrillensis
Type specimen: CNU-DIB-MA-2015147, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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