Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Alternative combination: Eopalpomyitis unca
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1981. Eocene Fossil Diptera Insecta in Amber of Fushun Coalfield 1-166
Belongs to Palpomyia according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013, Hong 1981, Hong 2002, Hong et al. 2000, Szadziewski 2018 and Szadziewski 2019
Sister taxa: Palpomyia edwardsi, Palpomyia erikae, Palpomyia freyi, Palpomyia jantari, Palpomyia multispinosa, Palpomyia riedeli, Palpomyia ryshkoffi, Palpomyia shilo, Palpomyia succinea, Palpomyia wirthorum
Type specimen: GMB IV10062-2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.
Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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