Thiras Giebel 1856 (wood gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae

Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511

Parent taxon: Olbiogastrinae according to M. Wojtoń et al. 2019

See also Carpenter 1992, Edwards 1928, Evenhuis 1994, Handlirsch 1906 and Johannsen 1909

Sister taxa: Cretolbia, Megarhyphus, Mesorhyphus, Olbiogaster, Pachyrhyphus, Pseudadonia

Subtaxa: Thiras westwoodi

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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