Rhabdomastix pulcherrima Meunier 1906 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Synonyms: Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) graciosa Meunier 1906, Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) pulchella Meunier 1906, Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) pulchra Meunier 1906

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

See also Alexander 1931 and Meunier 1906

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

Type specimens:

  • Rhabdomastix pulcherrima: Konigsberg 168, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
  • Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) graciosa: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
  • Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) pulchella: Konigsberg 477, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
  • Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) pulchra: 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 (4)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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