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 Limnophila according to D. C. Wighton 1980
Sister taxa: Limnophila (Burmolimnophila), Limnophila (Limnophila), Limnophila (Prionolabis), Limnophila brevipetiolata, Limnophila calcarea, Limnophila elegans, Limnophila furcata, Limnophila longipes, Limnophila montana, Limnophila pterotrichia, Limnophila rhenana, Limnophila rogersii, Limnophila samlandica, Limnophila skwarrae, Limnophila statzi, Limnophila umbonata, Limnophila vasta, Limnophila veterana
Type specimen: UAPC5568, a wing (both wings). 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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