Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Dicranomyia excavata
Invalid subtaxa: Dicranomyia excavata Cockerell 1921 [replaced name], Dicranomyia exhumata Cockerell 1922
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 Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) according to W. KrzemiĆski 2019
See also Cockerell 1921, Cockerell 1922, Cockerell and Haines 1921 and Evenhuis 1994
Sister taxa: Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) alexandri, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) aliena, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) brodiei, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chiapa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) ewa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) fasciata, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) fera, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) freiwaldi, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) gorskii, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) graciosa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) grandis, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) indica, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) kalandyki, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) lema, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) lobata, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) meunieri, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) mexa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) perpendicularis, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) sinuata, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) succinica, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) vella
Type specimens:
- Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) excavata: BMNH I.9946, an exoskeleton. 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.
- Dicranomyia excavata: BMNH I.8884, 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.
- Dicranomyia exhumata:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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