Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae

Full reference: G. Gentilini. 1986. Limoniidae and Trichoceridae (Diptera, Nematocera) from the Upper Miocene of Monte Castellaro (Pesaro, Central Italy). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 11:171-190

Belongs to Trichocera according to E. Krzemińska et al. 2009

See also Gentilini 1986

Sister taxa: Trichocera (Trichocera), Trichocera christelae, Trichocera corami, Trichocera cretacea, Trichocera ebenos, Trichocera hanswerneri, Trichocera miocaenica, Trichocera scudderi, Trichocera turgana, Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) antiqua

Type specimen: NHMV, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection), which is in a Messinian lagoonal marl in the Gessoso-solfifera Formation of Italy.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection)

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