Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Alternative combinations: Anisopus priscus, Bria prisca, Rhyphus priscus
Full reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130
Belongs to Sylvicola according to M. Wojtoń et al. 2018
See also Brodie 1845, Edwards 1928, Evenhuis 1994, Giebel 1856 and Handlirsch 1906
Sister taxa: Sylvicola baltica, Sylvicola cadaver, Sylvicola carolae, Sylvicola fenestralis, Sylvicola harrisi, Sylvicola hoffeinsorum, Sylvicola hooleyi, Sylvicola maculata, Sylvicola problematica, Sylvicola silibrarius, Sylvicola splendida, Sylvicola thiriona, Lycoria (Neosciara), Lycoria chrysitis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom
Distribution: found only at Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck
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