''Burmapogon bruckschi'' is an extinct
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
assassin fly found in
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...
. The species is around 100 million years old.
See also
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List of Asilidae species
References
External links
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Burmapogon bruckschi' at th
Encyclopedia of Life
Late Cretaceous insects
Insects described in 2014
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Fossil taxa described in 2014
Cretaceous insects of Asia
Burmese amber
Cenomanian genera
Prehistoric Diptera genera
Monotypic prehistoric insect genera
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