Cordyla Meigen 1803 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Synonym: Polyxena Meigen 1908

Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281

Parent taxon: Exechiini according to E. Rindal et al. 2009

See also Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Evenhuis and Pape 2017, Johannsen 1909, Meunier 1923, Oliveira and Amorim 2021 and Statz 1944

Sister taxa: Allodia, Anatella, Brachypeza, Eoexechia, Exechia, Rymosia, Synplasta

Subtaxa: Cordyla antiqua Cordyla furcula Cordyla hastata Cordyla limnoria Cordyla mycotheriformis Cordyla renuda Cordyla rhenana Cordyla subaperta Cordyla vetusta Polyxena calcarata Polyxena rhenana

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 3 collections including 10 occurrences

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