Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: J. E. Baxter. 1994. Taxonomic names, in A new genus and new species of fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Dominican amber. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 30:93-102
Belongs to Tetragoneura according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2014
See also Baxter 1994
Sister taxa: Sciophila oblonga, Sciophila pinguis, Tetragoneura armbrusteri, Tetragoneura borussica, Tetragoneura detecta, Tetragoneura elongata, Tetragoneura elongatissima, Tetragoneura fixa, Tetragoneura glabra, Tetragoneura gracilis, Tetragoneura minuta, Tetragoneura mycetophiliformis, Tetragoneura passa, Tetragoneura peritula, Tetragoneura rectangulata, Tetragoneura sannoisiensis, Tetragoneura tenera
Type specimen: UCB D-7-128, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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