Alternative combination: Trichosia macrociliata
Full reference: W. Mohrig and F. Röschmann. 1994. Revision der Trauermücken-Typen von Loew und Meunier aus dem Baltischen Bernstein (Diptera, Sciaridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 41:79-136
Belongs to Trichosia (Leptosciarella) according to F. Röschmann and W. Mohrig 1995
See also Menzel and Mohrig 2000, Mohrig and Röschmann 1994 and Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Sister taxon: Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella)
Type specimen: MfN MB.I 890, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (2 collections), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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