Cheilosia spheginascioides Röder 1980 (hoverfly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Full reference: G. Röder. 1980. Eine neue Cheilosia-Art aus Baltischem Bernstein mit REM-Untersuchungen rezenter Arten (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Diptera, Syrphidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 64:1-18

Belongs to Cheilosia according to G. Röder 1980

Sister taxa: Cheilosia ampla, Cheilosia bruesi, Cheilosia germanica, Cheilosia hecate, Cheilosia miocenica, Cheilosia nigrachaeta, Cheilosia oligocenica, Cheilosia padovana, Cheilosia picata, Cheilosia pratjei, Cheilosia scudderi, Cheilosia sepultula, Chilosia scudderi

Type specimen: SMNSBB-486-K-3, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde (SMNS) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde (SMNS) collection

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