Prohercostomus noxialis Meunier 1907 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Alternative combinations: Dolichopus noxialis, Hercostomus (Prohercostomus) noxialis

Synonym: Sympycnites primaevus Grimaldi and Cumming 1999

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1907. Monographie des Dolichopodidae de l’ambre de la Baltique, Part 3. Le Naturaliste, 2e Série 29:221-222

Belongs to Prohercostomus according to I. Y. Grichanov 2023

See also Bickel 2022, Evenhuis 1994, Grichanov 1997, Grichanov 2000, Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Meunier 1907, Meunier 1908 and Meunier 1908

Sister taxa: Prohercostomus bickeli, Prohercostomus ciliatus, Prohercostomus devinctus, Prohercostomus gracilis, Prohercostomus interceptus, Prohercostomus intremulus, Prohercostomus inumbratus, Prohercostomus meunierianus, Prohercostomus minutus, Prohercostomus monotonus, Prohercostomus morbosus, Prohercostomus negotiosus

Type specimens:

  • Prohercostomus noxialis: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
  • Sympycnites primaevus: AMNH L-AE133, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections), Ukraine (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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