Thaumastoptera Mik 1866 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Parent taxon: Limoniinae according to W. KrzemiƄski 2019

See also Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Kania 2015 and Podenas 2000

Sister taxa: Antochini, Antodicranomyia, Antohelia, Dicranomyia, Dicranoptycha, Elephantomyia, Helius, Lebania, Lechriini, Limonia, Limoniini, Lipsothrix, Microdacno, Orimarga, Orimarguloides, Palestinoptera, Protolimnophila, Rhipidia, Toxorhina, Trentepohlia

Subtaxa: Thaumastoptera calceata Thaumastoptera electra Thaumastoptera ryszardi Thaumastoptera shinaqi Thaumastoptera undulata

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Type: Thaumastoptera calceata

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Poland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1)

• Cretaceous of Jordan (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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