Macalpina Krzemiński and Teskey 1987 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: W. Krzemiński and H. J. Teskey. 1987. New taxa of Limoniidae (Diptera: Nematocera) from Canadian amber. The Canadian Entomologist 119(10):887-892

Parent taxon: Eriopterinae according to W. Krzemiński and H. J. Teskey 1987

See also Evenhuis 1994

Sister taxa: Burmoptera, Cheilotrichia, Erioptera, Gonomyia, Gonomyiini, Gymnastes, Idiocera, Ilisia, Pseudoerioptera, Rhabdomastix, Styringomyia, Symplecta, Tasiocera, Gnophomyia, Molophilini, Eriopterini

Subtaxa: Macalpina incomparabilis

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Type: Macalpina incomparabilis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cedar Lake (CNC 1963 collection) (Cretaceous of Manitoba)

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