Eucorethrina westwoodi Lukashevich et al. 2001 (meniscus midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Dixidae

Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich, R. A. Coram, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2001. New true flies (Insecta: Diptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Cretaceous Research 22:451-460

Belongs to Eucorethrina according to D. E. Greenwalt and J. K. Moulton 2016

See also Lukashevich et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Eucorethrina convexa, Eucorethrina flexa

Type specimen: MNEMG 1998.26, a wing. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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