Metanephrocerus Aczél 1948 (big-headed fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Pipunculidae

Full reference: M. L. Aczél. 1948. Grundlagen einer Monographie der Dorilaiden (Diptera). Dorilaiden-Studien VI. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 6:5-168

Parent taxon: Protonephrocerinae according to B. Motamedinia et al. 2022

See also Archibald et al. 2014, Carpenter 1992 and Kehlmaier et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Protonephrocerus

Subtaxa: Metanephrocerus belgardeae Metanephrocerus collini Metanephrocerus groehni Metanephrocerus hoffeinsorum

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Type: Protonephrocerus collini

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections), United States (1: Washington)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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