Thaumastoptera undulata Cockerell and Haines 1921

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Dicranomyia undulata

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell and F. H. Haines. 1921. Fossil Tipulidae from the Oligocene of the Isle of Wight, continued. The Entomologist 54:109-112

Belongs to Thaumastoptera according to W. KrzemiƄski 2019

See also Cockerell and Haines 1921

Sister taxa: Thaumastoptera calceata, Thaumastoptera electra, Thaumastoptera ryszardi, Thaumastoptera shinaqi

Type specimen: BMNH I.9146, a wing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll)

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