Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: W. Krzemiński. 2019. Superfamily Tipuloidea, Scatopsoidea, Anisopodoidea, in True flies (Insecta: Diptera) from the late Eocene insect limestone (Bembridge Marls) of the Isle of Wight, England, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:495-554
Belongs to Dicranoptycha according to W. Krzemiński 2019
Sister taxa: Dicranoptycha anna, Dicranoptycha burmitica, Dicranoptycha electrina, Dicranoptycha europaea, Dicranoptycha fragmentata, Dicranoptycha germana, Dicranoptycha lignitica, Dicranoptycha megaphallus, Dicranoptycha osata, Dicranoptycha plicativa, Dicranoptycha rottensis
Type specimen: NHMUK In.24787, a wing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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