Nephrocerus Zetterstedt 1838 (big-headed fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Pipunculidae

Full reference: J. W. Zetterstedt. 1838. Insecta Lapponica Descripta. Sectio Tertia: Diptera 477-868

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

See also Archibald et al. 2014 and Carpenter 1992

Sister taxa: Nephrocerini, Priabona

Subtaxa: Nephrocerus oligocenicus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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