†Elektrophthiria magnifica Nel 2006 (bee fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Full reference: A. Nel. 2006. Oldest records of Bombyliidae: Phthiriinae and Mythicomyiidae: Glabellulinae from the Lowermost Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Bombylioidea). European Journal of Entomology 103(1):109-114
Belongs to Elektrophthiria according to A. Nel 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN PA 208, an exoskeleton (male fly). Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
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