†Mesorhyphus zirzipanus Ansorge 1996 (wood gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Full reference: J. Ansorge. 1996. Insekten aus dem oberen Lias von Grimmen (Vorpommern, Norddeutschland). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 2:1-132
Belongs to Mesorhyphus according to J. Ansorge 1996
Sister taxa: Mesorhyphus blagoderovi, Mesorhyphus clavipes, Mesorhyphus handlirschi, Mesorhyphus hennigi, Mesorhyphus nanus, Mesorhyphus rhaeticus, Mesorhyphus ulrichi
Type specimen: LGA 579, a wing. Its type locality is Klein Lehmhagen pit, Grimmen (LGA collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Klein Lehmhagen pit, Grimmen (LGA collection)
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