Sylvicola hooleyi Cockerell 1921 (wood gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae

Alternative combinations: Anisopus hooleyi, Rhyphus hooleyi

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 Sylvicola according to W. Krzemiński 2019

See also Cockerell 1921, Edwards 1928, Evenhuis 1994 and Wojtoń et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Sylvicola baltica, Sylvicola cadaver, Sylvicola carolae, Sylvicola fenestralis, Sylvicola harrisi, Sylvicola hoffeinsorum, Sylvicola maculata, Sylvicola prisca, Sylvicola problematica, Sylvicola silibrarius, Sylvicola splendida, Sylvicola thiriona, Sylvicola vacherensis, Lycoria chrysitis, Lycoria (Neosciara)

Type specimen: Hooley H.456, a wing

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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