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, Sylvicola vacherensis, Lycoria chrysitis, Lycoria (Neosciara)
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
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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