Paleoplatyura
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Keroplatidae |
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| 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:
- Johannsen, 1909
- P. johnsoni Johannsen, 1910
- Fisher, 1941
- † (Meunier, 1899)
- † Cockerell, 1921
- † Meunier, 1922
- † Meunier, 1899
References[]
- ^ "Paleoplatyura Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Paleoplatyura". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Paleoplatyura genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Greenwalt, D.; Kjærandsen, J. (2019). "Fungus Gnats Online, Keroplatidae". 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". Insects. 13 (1): 24. doi:10.3390/insects13010024. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 8778176. PMID 35055867.
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