Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) pulcherrima Meunier 1906

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) pulcherrima

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1906. Monographie des Tipulidae et des Dixidae de l'ambre de la Baltique. Annales de Science Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 9 4:349-401

Belongs to Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) according to C. P. Alexander 1931

See also Meunier 1906 and Podenas 2006

Sister taxa: Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) elegantula, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) klebsi, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) lutix, Rhabdomastix (Sacandaga) praecursor, Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) borussica, Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) elegantula

Type specimen: Konigsberg 168, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection

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