Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae
Synonyms: Melusina Meigen 1908, Oligotrichocera Vevers 1975, Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) Vevers 1975
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281
Parent taxon: Trichocerini according to E. Krzemińska et al. 2009
See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1992, Dahl 1971, Edwards 1928, Evenhuis 1994, Evenhuis and Pape 2017, Gentilini 1986, Kalugina 1985, Meigen 1908 and Podenas 2001
Sister taxa: Cladoneura, Eotrichocera, Karatina, Mailotrichocera, Paleotrichocera, Rasnitsynina
Subtaxa: Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) antiqua Trichocera (Trichocera) Trichocera christelae Trichocera corami Trichocera cretacea Trichocera ebenos Trichocera fujiyamai Trichocera hanswerneri Trichocera miocaenica Trichocera scudderi Trichocera turgana
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (2)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (3)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 14 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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