Rhagio samlandicus Meunier 1916 (snipe fly)

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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