†Eloeophila moba Podenas 2003 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: S. Podenas. 2003. First fossil Eloeophila Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 87:125-130
Belongs to Eloeophila according to D. Santos et al. 2024
See also Podenas 2003
Sister taxa: Eloeophila eocenica, Eloeophila scudderi
Type specimen: MHNN 1180, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (MHNN Neuchatel collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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