†Xylophagus mengeanus Giebel 1856 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Xylophagidae
Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511
Belongs to Xylophagus according to W. Hennig 1967
See also Loew 1850 and Meunier 1908
Sister taxa: Xylophagus eridanus, Xylophagus pallidus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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