Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: S. Podenas. 2006. Rhabdomastix Crane Flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) in Baltic Amber (Eocene). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155:41-66
Belongs to Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) according to S. Podenas 2006
Sister taxa: Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) elegantula, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) grussica, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) klebsi, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) mastix, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) rafali, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) setix, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) setosa, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) woottoni, Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) elegantula, Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) borussica, Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) pulcherrima
Type specimen: ANSP 80194, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, ANSP collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, ANSP collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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