†Protolimnophila Riek 1954 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1954. The fossil Diptera of the Tertiary Redbank Plains Series, Queensland. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 79:58-60
Parent taxon: Limoniinae according to E. F. Riek 1954
See also Evenhuis 1994
Sister taxa: Antochini, Antodicranomyia, Antohelia, Dicranomyia, Dicranoptycha, Elephantomyia, Helius, Lebania, Lechriini, Limonia, Limoniini, Lipsothrix, Microdacno, Orimarga, Orimarguloides, Palestinoptera, Rhipidia, Thaumastoptera, Toxorhina, Trentepohlia
Subtaxa: Protolimnophila superba
Type: Protolimnophila superba
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Redbank Plains (Eocene of Australia)
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