Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511

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

See also Giebel 1856 and Johannsen 1909

Sister taxa: Sciophila armipes, Sciophila atra, Sciophila atropos, Sciophila blotho, Sciophila carbonaria, Sciophila cognata, Sciophila curvipetiolata, Sciophila dilatata, Sciophila disjuncta, Sciophila hyatti, Sciophila inermis, Sciophila lachesis, Sciophila micropora, Sciophila minutissima, Sciophila mirandula, Sciophila obscura, Sciophila socialis, Sciophila spinipes, Sciophila takoyensis, Sciophila trapezoides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber (Sachsisch-Thuringischen Vereins collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Sachsisch-Thuringischen Vereins collection)

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