Kelneria filiformis Meunier 1904 (predatory fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Alternative combination: Macrocera filiformis

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 Johannsen 1909, Matile 1979, Matile 1990 and Meunier 1904

Sister taxa: Kelneria abundare, Kelneria ciliata, Kelneria setosa

Type specimen: GZG 3847. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection

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