Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Synonyms: Liriope Meigen 1908, Ptychopterula Handlirsch 1909
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281
Parent taxon: Ptychopterinae according to S. Podenas 2007
See also Aldrich 1905, Evenhuis 1994, Evenhuis and Pape 2017, Krzemiński and Prokop 2011 and Meigen 1908
Sister taxa: Brodilka, Sinoptychopterites
Subtaxa: Ptychoptera (Ptychoptera) Ptychoptera deleta Ptychoptera mesozoica Ptychoptera miocenica
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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