Alternative combination: Megaselia multipalpulata
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1981. Eocene Fossil Diptera Insecta in Amber of Fushun Coalfield 1-166
Belongs to Megaselia (Megaselia) according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Hong 1981, Hong 2002 and Hong 2002
Sister taxa: Megaselia (Megaselia) amberae, Megaselia (Megaselia) bernsteinae, Megaselia (Megaselia) copalina, Megaselia (Megaselia) dominicana, Megaselia (Megaselia) ethiopia, Megaselia (Megaselia) exporrecta, Megaselia (Megaselia) inflata, Megaselia (Megaselia) insolita, Megaselia (Megaselia) lauta, Megaselia (Megaselia) sepulta, Megaselia (Megaselia) uncifera, Megaselia (Megaselia) veterana
Type specimen: GMB IV10116, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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