Tanysphyra Loew 1850 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Synonym: Poecilostiella Meunier 1899 [objective synonym]

Full reference: H. Loew. 1850. Ueber den Bernstein und die Bernsteinfauna. Programm der K. Realschule Meseritz 1850:1-44

Parent taxon: Limoniidae according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Carpenter 1992

Sister taxa: Allarithmia, Archilimoniinae, Architipulinae, Calobamon, Chioneinae, Critoneura, Cyttaromyella, Dactylolabinae, Dicranota, Dictyodiptera, Dictyodiptera multinervis, Drinosinae, Eopolyneura, Eopolyneura tenuinervis, Eotipulinae, Haplotipula, Hottipula, Iyaiyai, Leptotipuloides, Limnocema, Limnophilinae, Limoniinae, Metarchilimonia, Palaeomacromastix, Palaeopoecilostola, Paradelphomyia, Paradictyodiptera, Paradictyodiptera trianalis, Pareopolyneura, Pareopolyneura costalis, Phyllolabis, Pronophlebia, Rhadinobrochus, Tanymera, Tipulodictya, Tipulodictya minima, Ula

Subtaxa: Tanysphyra meunieri

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Type: Tanysphyra gracilis

Ecology:

Distribution:

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

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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