Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Full reference: A. Pełczyńska, W. Krzemiński, and A. Soszyńska. 2026. Overlooked diversity of the predatory fungus gnat Macrocera in Baltic amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71:219-245

Belongs to Macrocera according to A. Pełczyńska et al. 2026

Sister taxa: Macrocera apithanos, Macrocera archaica, Macrocera barteki, Macrocera electricornis, Macrocera grandis, Macrocera minor, Macrocera minuta, Macrocera obliqua, Macrocera pawli, Macrocera poseidonis, Macrocera sevciki, Macrocera stuckinamberi, Macrocera tymoni, Macrocera umbonata, Macrocera vonneguti

Type specimen: CCHH 582-1, an exoskeleton (wing). Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection

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