Limnophila skwarrae Alexander 1931 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1931. Crane-flies of the Baltic Amber (Diptera). Bernstein-Forschungen 2:1-135

Belongs to Limnophila according to C. P. Alexander 1931

Sister taxa: Limnophila (Burmolimnophila), Limnophila (Limnophila), Limnophila (Prionolabis), Limnophila brevipetiolata, Limnophila calcarea, Limnophila elegans, Limnophila furcata, Limnophila longipes, Limnophila marklae, Limnophila montana, Limnophila pterotrichia, Limnophila rhenana, Limnophila rogersii, Limnophila samlandica, Limnophila statzi, Limnophila umbonata, Limnophila vasta, Limnophila veterana

Type specimen: Klebs 273, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Klebs collection

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