†Eotrichomyia electronica Nel et al. 2002 (moth fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Full reference: A. Nel, J. J. Menier, and G. De Plöeg. 2002. The oldest representative of Trichomyiinae from the lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris basin (France) (Diptera: Psychodidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 38:247-252
Belongs to Eotrichomyia according to A. Nel et al. 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN PA 355, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
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