Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar. 1999. New crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Dominican amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 101:595-610
Belongs to Gnophomyia according to S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar 1999
Sister taxa: Gnophomyia (Idiognophomyia), Gnophomyia debilis, Gnophomyia gentilinii, Gnophomyia inferna, Gnophomyia magna, Gnophomyia martyni, Gnophomyia minuta, Gnophomyia parvicellula, Gnophomyia procera, Gnophomyia tristissima
Type specimen: Poinar D-7-198, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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