†Phronia brevipennis Theobald 1937 (fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
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 Phronia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Theobald 1937
Sister taxa: Phronia ciliata, Phronia unifurcata
Type specimen: Coll Inst. Geol. Lyon A 109, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Lyon), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Lyon)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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