†Thaumastoptera electra Alexander 1931 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1931. Crane-flies of the Baltic Amber (Diptera). Bernstein-Forschungen 2:1-135
Belongs to Thaumastoptera according to I. Kania 2015
See also Alexander 1931
Sister taxa: Thaumastoptera calceata, Thaumastoptera ryszardi, Thaumastoptera shinaqi, Thaumastoptera undulata
Type specimen: Fritsch 43, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Judge Fritsch (Goldap) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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