Insecta - Diptera - Atelestidae
Full reference: B. J. Sinclair and D. A. Grimaldi. 2020. Cretaceous diversity of the relict genus Alavesia Waters and Arillo (Diptera: Empidoidea: Atelestidae). American Museum Novitates 3961:1-40
Belongs to Alavesia according to B. J. Sinclair and D. A. Grimaldi 2020
Sister taxa: Alavesia (Pennonalavesia), Alavesia angusta, Alavesia hadroceria, Alavesia lanceolata, Alavesia latala, Alavesia magna, Alavesia myanmarensis, Alavesia pankowskiorum, Alavesia prietoi, Alavesia spinosa, Alavesia subiasi, Alavesia tripudii, Alavesia zigrasi
Type specimen: AMNH Bu-494, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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