Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Synonyms: Antocha succinea Meunier 1906, Helius abditus Krzemiński 1985
Full reference: H. Loew. 1850. Ueber den Bernstein und die Bernsteinfauna. Programm der K. Realschule Meseritz 1850:1-44
Belongs to Helius according to I. Kania 2014
See also Alexander 1931, Krzemiński 1985, Krzemiński 1993 and Meunier 1906
Sister taxa: Helius (Helius), Helius anetae, Helius botswanensis, Helius constenius, Helius formosus, Helius fossilis, Helius gedanicus, Helius hispanicus, Helius hoffeinsorum, Helius krzeminskii, Helius lebanensis, Helius linus, Helius miocenicus, Helius mutus, Helius pulcher, Helius similis, Helius stavropolensis, Helius tenerus, Helius turolensis, Helius verticillis, Helius weigandi, Rhamphidia minuta
Type specimens:
- Helius minutus: MZ 7895, an exoskeleton (male fly). Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
- Antocha succinea: Konigsberg 4557, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Helius abditus: MZ 7895, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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