†Drosophila elegans Statz 1940 (fruit fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Drosophilidae
Full reference: G. Statz. 1940. Neue Dipteren (Brachycera et Cyclorhapha) aus dem Oberoligozän von Rott. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 91:120-174
Belongs to Drosophila according to G. Statz 1940
Sister taxa: Drosophila (Drosophila), Drosophila berryi, Drosophila blanda
Type specimen: LACMIP 3629, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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