Leia exhumata Statz 1944 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Full reference: G. Statz. 1944. Neue Dipteren (Nematocera) aus dem Oberoligocan von Rott. 2. Familie Fungivoridae (Pilzmuchen). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 95:67-92

Belongs to Leia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Statz 1944

Sister taxa: Leia aberrans, Leia crassipalpis, Leia crassiuscula, Leia curvipetiolata, Leia frequens, Leia gracillima, Leia gurnardensis, Leia longipalpis, Leia longipes, Leia longipetiolata, Leia miocenica, Leia platypus, Leia vetusta

Type specimen: LACMIP 3656, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)

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