Limnophila elegans Theobald 1937 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473

Belongs to Limnophila according to N. Theobald 1937

Sister taxa: Limnophila (Burmolimnophila), Limnophila (Limnophila), Limnophila (Prionolabis), Limnophila brevipetiolata, Limnophila calcarea, Limnophila furcata, Limnophila longipes, Limnophila marklae, Limnophila montana, Limnophila pterotrichia, Limnophila rhenana, Limnophila rogersii, Limnophila samlandica, Limnophila skwarrae, Limnophila statzi, Limnophila umbonata, Limnophila vasta, Limnophila veterana

Type specimen: Marseilles Geologic institute 6, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Camoins-les-Bains (Coll. Marseille), which is in an Oligocene lacustrine marl in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Camoins-les-Bains (Coll. Marseille)

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