Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: A. C. Harris. 1983. An Eocene larval insect fossil (Diptera: Bibionidae) from North Otago, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13(3):93-105
Belongs to Dilophus according to A. C. Harris 1983
Sister taxa: Dilophus anasiformis, Dilophus andrewrossi, Dilophus cerestensis, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus duerrenfeldti, Dilophus flavipes, Dilophus idanos, Dilophus krantzii, Dilophus luteipennis, Dilophus magnus, Dilophus matilei, Dilophus palaeofebrilis, Dilophus pinguis, Dilophus plionanus, Dilophus priscus, Dilophus pumilio, Dilophus succineus
Type specimen: OU 11975, a nymph (4th instar larval exuviae). Its type locality is Livingstone (I41/f051), which is in a Waipawan/Bortonian pond siltstone in the Papakaio Coal Measures Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Livingstone (I41/f051)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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