Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Limnobia murchisoni
Synonym: Limnobia curtisi Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
Full reference: O. Heer. 1856. Ueber die fossilen Insekten von Aix in der Provence. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 1:1-40
Belongs to Limonia according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1907 and Heer 1856
Sister taxa: Limonia albertensis, Limonia antiqua, Limonia cingulata, Limonia deferi, Limonia deleta, Limonia dillonae, Limonia formosa, Limonia horioni, Limonia luca, Limonia pertinax, Limonia skalskii, Limonia spilota, Limonia tenuis, Limonia theobaldi, Limonia vetusta
Type specimens:
- Limonia murchisoni: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France
- Limnobia curtisi: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.
Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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