Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Mongoma pallescens
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum - VI. Oligocene insects from Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 7:453-480
Belongs to Trentepohlia (Mongoma) according to W. Krzemiński 2019
See also Cockerell 1921
Sister taxa: Mongoma fragillima, Trentepohlia (Mongoma) cruciferella, Trentepohlia (Mongoma) pouilloni
Type specimen: BMNH I.8898, 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:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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