Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Mesotipula brachyptera

Synonyms: Architipula parva Handlirsch 1939, Mesotipula curvata Handlirsch 1939

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1920. Palaeontologie. Handbuch der Entomologie 3:117-208

Belongs to Mesotipula (Mesotipula) according to K. Kopeć et al. 2020

See also Evenhuis 1994, Gao et al. 2015, Handlirsch 1920, Handlirsch 1939 and Kopeć et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Mesotipula (Mesotipula) lapidaria, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) mirabilis, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) siggiae, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) slatteri, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) vicina

Type specimens:

• Mesotipula (Mesotipula) brachyptera: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany
• Architipula parva: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
• Mesotipula curvata: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection)

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