Biology:Paleoplatyura
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Short description: Genus of flies
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Keroplatidae |
| Subfamily: | Keroplatinae |
| Tribe: | Orfeliini |
| Genus: | Paleoplatyura Meunier, 1899 |
Paleoplatyura is a genus of predatory fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae. There are about seven described species in Paleoplatyura.[1][2][3][4] Fossil species are known from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to around 100 million years ago.[5]
Species
These seven species belong to the genus Paleoplatyura:
- P. aldrichii Johannsen, 1909
- P. johnsoni Johannsen, 1910
- P. melanderi Fisher, 1941
- † M. macrocera (Meunier, 1899)
- † P. eocenica Cockerell, 1921
- † P. loewi Meunier, 1922
- † P. macrocera Meunier, 1899
References
- ↑ "Paleoplatyura Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=121590. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Paleoplatyura". https://www.gbif.org/species/1563777. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Paleoplatyura genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/404903. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Greenwalt, D.; Kjærandsen, J. (2019). "Fungus Gnats Online, Keroplatidae". http://sciaroidea.info/taxonomy/40474. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ Ševčík, Jan; Krzemiński, Wiesław; Skibińska, Kornelia (2021-12-24). "Extant Genus in the Mesozoic: Paleoplatyura Meunier (Diptera: Keroplatidae) Found in the Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar" (in en). Insects 13 (1): 24. doi:10.3390/insects13010024. ISSN 2075-4450. PMID 35055867.
Wikidata ☰ Q14610451 entry
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