Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: S. Podenas. 2002. New species of Helius crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 86:229-238
Belongs to Helius according to I. Kania 2014
See also Podenas 2002
Sister taxa: Helius (Helius), Helius anetae, Helius botswanensis, Helius constenius, Helius formosus, Helius fossilis, Helius gedanicus, Helius hispanicus, Helius hoffeinsorum, Helius krzeminskii, Helius lebanensis, Helius linus, Helius minutus, Helius miocenicus, Helius pulcher, Helius similis, Helius stavropolensis, Helius tenerus, Helius turolensis, Helius verticillis, Helius weigandi, Rhamphidia minuta
Type specimen: GPIH 4352, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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