Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Alternative combination: Leptis samlandica
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 Rhagio according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Meunier 1916
Sister taxa: Rhagio bifurcatus, Rhagio calcaratus, Rhagio expassus, Rhagio exporrectus, Rhagio expositus, Rhagio exsanguis, Rhagio fascinatoris, Rhagio ferus, Rhagio flexus, Rhagio fossitius, Rhagio ignavus, Rhagio primaevus, Rhagio wheeleri, Leptis recurva, Leptis valida, Leptis mystaceaeformis, Leptis acutangula
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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