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]

Paleoplatyura
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Keroplatidae
Subfamily: Keroplatinae
Tribe: Orfeliini
Genus: Paleoplatyura
Meunier, 1899

Species

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These seven species belong to the genus Paleoplatyura:

References

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  1. ^ "Paleoplatyura Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Paleoplatyura". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Greenwalt, D.; Kjærandsen, J. (2019). "Fungus Gnats Online, Keroplatidae". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ 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.