Leptogaster erecta Meunier 1906 (grass fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1906. Sur deux insectes (Hyménoptère et Diptère) du copal fossile de Zanzibar et sur un "Asilidae" (Diptère) du Copal récent de Zanzibar. Revue Scientifique du Bourbonnais et du Centre de la France 19:59-63

Belongs to Leptogaster according to F. Meunier 1906

Sister taxa: Leptogaster cerestensis, Leptogaster falloti, Leptogaster hellii, Leptogaster prior

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zanzibar Copal (Evers collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Zanzibar Copal (Evers collection)

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