Leptotarsus (Macromastix) bornhardti Meunier 1917 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae

Alternative combination: Macromastix bornhardti

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1917. Über einige Mycetophiliden und Tipuliden des Bernsteins nebst Beschreibung der Gattung Palaeotanypeza (Tanypezinae) derselben Formation. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1917:73-106

Belongs to Leptotarsus (Macromastix) according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Alexander 1931 and Meunier 1917

Sister taxon: Leptotarsus (Macromastix) cladoptera

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection

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