Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) microciliata Mohrig and Röschmann 1994 (dark-winged fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Alternative combinations: Leptosciarella microciliata, Trichosia (Leptosciarella) microciliata

Full reference: W. Mohrig and F. Röschmann. 1994. Revision der Trauermücken-Typen von Loew und Meunier aus dem Baltischen Bernstein (Diptera, Sciaridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 41:79-136

Belongs to Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) according to W. Mohrig and F. Röschmann 2005

See also Menzel and Mohrig 2000 and Mohrig and Röschmann 1994

Sister taxa: Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) botuli, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) infausta, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) macrociliata, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) manifesta, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) microacantha, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) orientalis, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) protorotunda, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) pseudorecens, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) resinae, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) tertiaria

Type specimen: GZG Z3095, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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