Wheelerenomyia subparva Meunier 1916 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Alternative combination: Nematoproctus subparvus

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1916. Sur quelques diptères (Bombylidae, Leptidae, Dolichopodidae, Conopidae et Chironomidae) de l'ambre de la Baltique. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 59:274-286

Belongs to Wheelerenomyia according to I. Y. Grichanov 2023

See also Evenhuis 1994, Grichanov 2008 and Meunier 1916

Sister taxa: Wheelerenomyia bickeli, Wheelerenomyia corcula, Wheelerenomyia eocenica, Wheelerenomyia longicerca, Wheelerenomyia originaria, Wheelerenomyia pacata, Wheelerenomyia parca, Wheelerenomyia parva, Wheelerenomyia parvula, Wheelerenomyia pellucida, Wheelerenomyia perastutula, Wheelerenomyia perattica, Wheelerenomyia quadrispinosa, Wheelerenomyia vladimiri

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

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection

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