Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: W. Krzemiński. 2002. Three new species of the genus Helius Lepeletier & Serville (Diptera, Limoniidae) from the Middle Miocene of Stavropol (northern Caucasus, Russia). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 45:317-320
Belongs to Helius according to W. Krzemiński 2002
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 minutus, Helius miocenicus, Helius mutus, Helius pulcher, Helius similis, Helius tenerus, Helius turolensis, Helius verticillis, Helius weigandi, Rhamphidia minuta
Type specimen: PIN 254/231, a wing. Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Karagan Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254)
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