Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Limnophila speciosa
Synonym: Ryta berestiana Nazarau 1994
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1906. Monographie des Tipulidae et des Dixidae de l'ambre de la Baltique. Annales de Science Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 9 4:349-401
Belongs to Palaeopoecilostola according to I. Kania et al. 2011
See also Alexander 1931, Kania and Krzemiński 2012, Meunier 1906 and Nazarau 1994
Sister taxa: Palaeopoecilostola eocenica, Palaeopoecilostola fastuosa, Palaeopoecilostola longicornis, Palaeopoecilostola parallela
Type specimens:
- Palaeopoecilostola speciosa: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
- Ryta berestiana: Its type locality is Belarus amber, Gatcha-Osov site, Kobryn district, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Belarus.
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belarus (1 collection), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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