†Pilaria batheri 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 Pilaria according to C. P. Alexander 1931
Sister taxa: Pilaria baltica, Pilaria castellariana, Pilaria electrina, Pilaria elongata, Pilaria hooleyi, Pilaria magdalena, Pilaria volodii, Pilaria wojciechi
Type specimen: BMNH 18704, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (BMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (BMNH coll)
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