Ellia purbeckensis Coram and Jarzembowski 1999 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Elliidae

Full reference: R. A. Coram and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1999. New fossil flies (Insecta: Diptera) from the Purbeck Limestone Group (Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian) of Dorset, UK. Cretaceous Research 20:853-861

Belongs to Ellia according to R. A. Coram and E. A. Jarzembowski 1999

Sister taxa: Ellia colorissima, Ellia khara

Type specimen: MNEMG 1998.19a, b, a forewing. 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: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection)

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