page_title: Cascoplecia
hierarchical_section_title: Cascoplecia
caption_attribution_description: English: Reconstruction of the Cretaceous day fly, Cascoplecia insolitis, from Burma
context_page_description: Cascoplecia insolitis, commonly known as the unicorn fly, is an extinct dipteran that lived in the Early Cretaceous. The type specimen was found in Burmese amber. George Poinar, Jr., who described this fossil, coined a new family name for it – Cascopleciidae. One of the defining characteristics of Cascoplecia is the presence of three ocelli raised on an extended, horn-like protuberance. Its distinctiveness has been questioned by other authors, who suggest that the taxon is simply an aberrant member of the Bibionidae.
context_section_description: Cascoplecia insolitis, commonly known as the unicorn fly, is an extinct dipteran that lived in the Early Cretaceous.  The type specimen was found in Burmese amber. George Poinar, Jr., who described this fossil, coined a new family name for it – Cascopleciidae.  One of the defining characteristics of Cascoplecia is the presence of three ocelli raised on an extended, horn-like protuberance (hence its common name). Its distinctiveness has been questioned by other authors, who suggest that the taxon is simply an aberrant member of the Bibionidae.
caption: reconstruction
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