Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Synonym: Mycetophila dubia Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
Full reference: O. Heer. 1856. Ueber die fossilen Insekten von Aix in der Provence. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 1:1-40
Belongs to Mycetophila according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Evenhuis 1994, Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1907, Heer 1856, Johannsen 1909 and Theobald 1937
Sister taxa: Mycetophila agilis, Mycetophila amoena, Mycetophila antennata, Mycetophila antiqua, Mycetophila bradenae, Mycetophila compressa, Mycetophila confusa, Mycetophila cordyliformis, Mycetophila frequens, Mycetophila hispidula, Mycetophila latipennis, Mycetophila leptocera, Mycetophila longipennis, Mycetophila macrostyla, Mycetophila nana, Mycetophila occultata, Mycetophila orci, Mycetophila phalax, Mycetophila pulchella, Mycetophila pulicaria, Mycetophila pulvillata, Mycetophila pumiliformis, Mycetophila pumilio, Mycetophila pusillima, Mycetophila spinosa, Mycetophila vectensis
Type specimens:
- Mycetophila morio: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France
- Mycetophila dubia: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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