Rhabdomastix borussica Meunier 1906 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

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 Rhabdomastix according to S. Podenas 2006

Sister taxa: Rhabdomastix (Lurdia), Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix), Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix), Rhabdomastix brevis, Rhabdomastix frigida, Rhabdomastix grussica, Rhabdomastix hoffeinsi, Rhabdomastix labefactata, Rhabdomastix mastix, Rhabdomastix oligocaenica, Rhabdomastix ostensackeni, Rhabdomastix primogenitalis, Rhabdomastix profundi, Rhabdomastix pulcherrima, Rhabdomastix redophilax, Rhabdomastix scudderi, Rhabdomastix setix

Type specimen: Konigsberg 2600, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Lithuania (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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