Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Alternative combination: Macrocera abundare
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1904. Monographie des Cecidomyidae, des Sciaridae, des Mycetophilidae et des Chironomidae de l'ambre de la Baltique. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 28:12-275
Belongs to Kelneria according to N. L. Evenhuis 2006
See also Cockerell 1910, Johannsen 1909, Matile 1979, Matile 1990 and Meunier 1904
Sister taxa: Kelneria ciliata, Kelneria filiformis, Kelneria setosa
Type specimen: GZG 3031, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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