Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: D. C. Wighton. 1980. New Species of Tipulidae from the Paleocene of Central Alberta, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 112:621-628
Belongs to Pseudolimnophila according to D. C. Wighton 1980
Sister taxa: Pseudolimnophila (Baltilimnophila), Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila), Pseudolimnophila ambigua, Pseudolimnophila concinna, Pseudolimnophila continuata, Pseudolimnophila exigua, Pseudolimnophila inculpata, Pseudolimnophila loewiella, Pseudolimnophila pinicola, Pseudolimnophila producta, Pseudolimnophila siciliana, Pseudolimnophila timida, Pseudolimnophila vulcana
Type specimen: UAPC6171, a wing (both wings preserved in folded position). Its type locality is Site 1 (near confluence of Blindman and Red Deer Rivers), which is in a Tiffanian pond limestone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Site 1 (near confluence of Blindman and Red Deer Rivers)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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