Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Synonym: Promacrocera Armbruster 1938
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281
Parent taxon: Macrocerini according to M. Mantič et al. 2020
See also Aldrich 1905, Armbruster 1938, Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Evenhuis 2006, Johannsen 1909, Matile 1990 and Statz 1944
Sister taxa: Hegalari, Hesperodes, Schlueterimyia
Subtaxa: Macrocera apithanos Macrocera archaica Macrocera electricornis Macrocera grandis Macrocera minuta Macrocera obliqua Macrocera umbonata
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Montana)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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