Insecta - Diptera

Evenhuis considered it to be a nomen nudum (based on Fritsch 1905), but was validly named in Fritsch (1910).

Full reference: A. Fritsch. 1910. Miscellanea Palaeontologica. II. Mesozoica 1-25

Parent taxon: Nematocera according to M. E. Clapham 2023

See also Evenhuis 1994, Fritsch 1905 and Fritsch 1910

Sister taxa: Amblylexis, Amianta, Amphipromeca, Apistogrypotes, Asiochaoboridae, Asuba, Axymyioidea, Axymyiomorpha, Bibionites, Blephariceromorpha, Bodephora, Clavapartus, Culiciscolex, Cyrtomides, Dara, Elliidae, Ellipibodus, Empidocampe, Eopolyneuridae, Hongocaloneura, Hongocaloneuridae, Hyperpolyneuridae, Meconeura, Mesophantasmatidae, Mesosciophilidae, Nymphomyiomorpha, Palaeoerioptera, Palaeophoridae, Paradictyodiptera, Penthetria vaillantii, Platyplecia, Plecia nigrescens, Propexis, Protendipedidae, Ptychopteromorpha, Rhopaloscolex, Sama, Serendipidae, Sphallonymphites, Strashilidae, Tipulomorpha, Tipulopleciidae, Venapaucia

Subtaxa: Eoculex priscus

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Type: Eoculex priscus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kounic (Cretaceous of Czechia)

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