†Palaeopoecilostola eocenica Kania and Krzemiński 2012 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: I. Kania and W. Krzemiński. 2012. A new species of Palaeopoecilostola Meunier, 1899 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 3495:42-56
Belongs to Palaeopoecilostola according to I. Kania and W. Krzemiński 2012
Sister taxa: Palaeopoecilostola fastuosa, Palaeopoecilostola longicornis, Palaeopoecilostola parallela, Palaeopoecilostola speciosa
Type specimen: MEPAS 19931, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection)
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