Helius pulcher Loew 1850 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Rhamphidia pulchra

Full reference: H. Loew. 1850. Ueber den Bernstein und die Bernsteinfauna. Programm der K. Realschule Meseritz 1850:1-44

Belongs to Helius according to I. Kania 2014

See also Alexander 1931, Krzemiński 1993, Loew 1850 and Meunier 1906

Sister taxa: Helius (Helius), Helius anetae, Helius botswanensis, Helius constenius, Helius formosus, Helius fossilis, Helius gedanicus, Helius hispanicus, Helius hoffeinsorum, Helius krzeminskii, Helius lebanensis, Helius linus, Helius minutus, Helius miocenicus, Helius mutus, Helius similis, Helius stavropolensis, Helius tenerus, Helius turolensis, Helius verticillis, Helius weigandi, Rhamphidia minuta

Type specimen: MfN MBJ. 359, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Berendt collection

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