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 Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) according to S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar 1999
Sister taxa: Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) alexandri, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) aliena, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) brodiei, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chiapa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) ewa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) excavata, 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) lobata, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) meunieri, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) mexa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) perpendicularis, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) podenasi, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) sinuata, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) succinica, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) vella
Type specimen: Poinar D-7-193, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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