†Simulidium priscum Westwood 1854 (snipe fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:378-396
Belongs to Simulidium according to M. B. Mostovski et al. 2003
See also Handlirsch 1906, Scudder 1885 and Westwood 1854
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH In. 59266, a wing. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection)
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