Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative spelling: Riphidia
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil 1-332
Parent taxon: Limoniinae according to I. Kania 2015
See also Aldrich 1905, Cockerell 1917, Evenhuis 1994 and Podenas and Poinar 1999
Sister taxa: Antochini, Antodicranomyia, Antohelia, Dicranomyia, Dicranoptycha, Elephantomyia, Helius, Lebania, Lechriini, Limonia, Limoniini, Lipsothrix, Microdacno, Orimarga, Orimarguloides, Palestinoptera, Protolimnophila, Thaumastoptera, Toxorhina, Trentepohlia
Subtaxa: Rhipidia (Rhipidia) Rhipidia extincta Rhipidia picta Rhipidia propinqua Rhipidia zyza
Type: Ammonites deverioides
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (2 collections), the Dominican Republic (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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