Mesotipula (Mesotipula) mirabilis Krzemiński and Zessin 1990

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Mesotipula mirabilis

Full reference: W. Krzemiński and W. Zessin. 1990. The Lower Jurassic Limoniidae from Grimmen (GDR) (Dipt. Nematocera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 37:39-43

Belongs to Mesotipula (Mesotipula) according to K. Kopeć et al. 2020

See also Gao et al. 2015, Kopeć et al. 2020 and Krzemiński and Zessin 1990

Sister taxa: Mesotipula (Mesotipula) brachyptera, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) lapidaria, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) siggiae, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) slatteri, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) vicina

Type specimen: LG 90, a wing. Its type locality is Lehmhagen, near Grimmen (Zessin collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in Germany.

Distribution: found only at Lehmhagen, near Grimmen (Zessin collection)

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