†Macrocera umbonata Statz 1944 (predatory fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Full reference: G. Statz. 1944. Neue Dipteren (Nematocera) aus dem Oberoligocan von Rott. 2. Familie Fungivoridae (Pilzmuchen). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 95:67-92
Belongs to Macrocera according to N. L. Evenhuis 2006
See also Statz 1944
Sister taxa: Macrocera apithanos, Macrocera archaica, Macrocera electricornis, Macrocera grandis, Macrocera minuta, Macrocera obliqua
Type specimen: LACMIP 3657, 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)
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