Cascoplecia

Cascoplecia is the genus of a very old fly that lived in the Early Cretaceous and was found in amber. The genus only has one type of species, the Cascoplecia insolitis,^[1] which means old and strange.^[2]

Cascoplecia Media

Reconstruction of the Cretaceous day fly, Cascoplecia insolitis, from Burma

References

↑ Poinar Jr., George. 'Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 31 (2009). p. 71–76. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.007.
↑ Science News. Retrieved 2009-10-28.

[Poinar-1] Poinar Jr., George. 'Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 31 (2009). p. 71–76. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.007.

[2] Science News. Retrieved 2009-10-28.

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