Dixella succinea Meunier 1906

Insecta - Diptera - Dixidae

Alternative combinations: Dixa succinea, Paradixa succinea

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 Dixella according to D. E. Greenwalt and J. K. Moulton 2016

See also Evenhuis 1994, Hennig 1966 and Meunier 1906

Sister taxa: Dixella curvistyla, Dixella distans, Dixella eomarginata, Dixella filiforceps, Dixella intacta, Dixella lirio, Dixella priscula, Dixella spinilobata

Type specimen: GPIT 1312/1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Tubingen collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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