| Burmapogon Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | † Burmapogon Dikow & Grimaldi, 2014 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Burmapogon bruckschi Dikow & Grimaldi, 2014 | |
Burmapogon bruckschi is an extinct species of assassin fly found in Burmese amber. [2] The species is around 100 million years old. [3] [4]
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