Protosciara Quiévreux 1938 (dark-winged fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Full reference: F. Quiévreux. 1938. Diptères fossiles de la couche inférieur de potasse du Haut-Rhin. Encyclopédie Entomologique, Série B 2(9):79-86

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

See also Carpenter 1992

Sister taxa: Archicratyna, Bradysiopsis, Chaetosciarinae, Cratyninae, Eosciarites, Lycoriella, Megalosphyinae, Protolycoriella, Pseudosciara, Sciara lacoei, Sciara morosa, Sciarinae, Succinosciara, Lycoriinae

Subtaxa: Protosciara alsatica

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Type: Protosciara alsatica

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Alsace potash field, Anna pit (Quievreux collection) (Oligocene of France)

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