Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: J. Skartveit. 2009. Fossil Hesperinidae and Bibionidae from Baltic amber (Diptera: Bibionoidea). Studia Dipterologica 15:3-42
Belongs to Dilophus according to J. Skartveit 2009
Sister taxa: Dilophus anasiformis, Dilophus andrewrossi, Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus cerestensis, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus duerrenfeldti, Dilophus flavipes, Dilophus idanos, Dilophus krantzii, Dilophus luteipennis, Dilophus magnus, Dilophus matilei, Dilophus pinguis, Dilophus plionanus, Dilophus priscus, Dilophus pumilio, Dilophus succineus
Type specimen: Hoffeins 932-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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