Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Full reference: A. Pełczyńska. 2026. Taxonomic names, in Overlooked diversity of the predatory fungus gnat Macrocera in Baltic amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71:219-245
Belongs to Macrocera according to A. Pełczyńska 2026
Sister taxa: Macrocera apithanos, Macrocera archaica, Macrocera barteki, Macrocera electricornis, Macrocera grandis, Macrocera hoffeinsorum, Macrocera minor, Macrocera minuta, Macrocera obliqua, Macrocera pawli, Macrocera poseidonis, Macrocera sevciki, Macrocera stuckinamberi, Macrocera umbonata, Macrocera vonneguti
Type specimen: ISEA MP/4422, an exoskeleton (wing). Its type locality is Baltic Amber, ISEA Krakow collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, ISEA Krakow collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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