Cordyla mycotheriformis Meunier 1917 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1917. Über einige Mycetophiliden und Tipuliden des Bernsteins nebst Beschreibung der Gattung Palaeotanypeza (Tanypezinae) derselben Formation. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1917:73-106

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

See also Meunier 1917

Sister taxa: Cordyla antiqua, Cordyla furcula, Cordyla hastata, Cordyla limnoria, Cordyla renuda, Cordyla rhenana, Cordyla subaperta, Cordyla vetusta, Polyxena calcarata, Polyxena rhenana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection

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