Prosphyracephala kerneggeri Kotrba 2009 (stalk-eyed fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Diopsidae

Full reference: M. Kotrba. 2009. Prosphyracephala kerneggeri spec. nov. – a new stalk-eyed fly from Baltic amber. Spixiana 32:187-192

Belongs to Prosphyracephala according to O. Lonsdale 2020

See also Kotrba 2009 and Perkovsky et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Prosphyracephala rubiensis, Prosphyracephala succini

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Munich SNSB collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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