Rhabdomastix setix Podenas 2006 (crane fly)

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 according to S. Podenas 2006

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 pulcherrima, Rhabdomastix redophilax, Rhabdomastix scudderi

Type specimen: MHNN 1874, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (MHNN Neuchatel collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (MHNN Neuchatel collection)

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