†Styringomyia optiva Podenas and Poinar 2001 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar. 2001. New crane flies (Diptera: Tipulidae, Limoniidae) from Dominican and Mexican amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103(4):863-878
Belongs to Styringomyia according to S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar 2001
Sister taxa: Styringomyia concinna, Styringomyia dominicana, Styringomyia gracilis, Styringomyia venusta
Type specimen: Poinar D-7-39H, 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)
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