†Lipsothrix extincta Alexander 1931 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Electrolabis extincta
Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1931. Crane-flies of the Baltic Amber (Diptera). Bernstein-Forschungen 2:1-135
Belongs to Lipsothrix according to I. Kania 2015
See also Alexander 1931, Evenhuis 1994 and Krzemiński 2001
Sister taxa: Lipsothrix nobilis, Lipsothrix radiata
Type specimen: Klebs 308, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs 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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