Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: W. Krzemiński. 1993. Fossil Tipulomorpha (Diptera, Nematocera) from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene). Revision of the genus Helius Lepeletier et Serville (Limoniidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 35(3):597-601
Belongs to Helius according to I. Kania 2014
See also Krzemiński 1993
Sister taxa: Helius (Helius), Helius anetae, Helius botswanensis, Helius constenius, Helius fossilis, Helius gedanicus, Helius hispanicus, Helius hoffeinsorum, Helius krzeminskii, Helius lebanensis, Helius linus, Helius minutus, Helius miocenicus, Helius mutus, Helius pulcher, Helius similis, Helius stavropolensis, Helius tenerus, Helius turolensis, Helius verticillis, Helius weigandi, Rhamphidia minuta
Type specimen: MBJ. 225 Kühl, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Humboldt Museum Kühl collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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