†Megarhyphus amberae Krzemińska et al. 2010 (wood gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Full reference: E. Krzemińska, R. A. Coram, and W. Krzemiński. 2010. A new species of Megarhyphus, an interesting discovery from the Lower Jurassic of England (Diptera, Anisopodidae). Acta Geologica Sinica 84(4):693-695
Belongs to Megarhyphus according to E. Krzemińska et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Megarhyphus rarus, Megarhyphus rectinervis, Megarhyphus sophiae
Type specimen: NHML It 28447, a wing (well preserved wing). Its type locality is Brooki bed, Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis, which is in a Turneri marine horizon in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Brooki bed, Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis
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