Palaeodocosia brachypezoides Meunier 1904 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Alternative combination: Paleosyntemna brachypezoides

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1904. Monographie des Cecidomyidae, des Sciaridae, des Mycetophilidae et des Chironomidae de l'ambre de la Baltique. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 28:12-275

Belongs to Palaeodocosia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Edwards 1940, Evenhuis 1994, Johannsen 1909, Meunier 1904 and Meunier 1922

Sister taxa: Palaeodocosia brachycamptites, Palaeodocosia cabruae, Palaeodocosia johannseni, Palaeodocosia magadanica, Palaeodocosia rara

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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