Limnophila calcarea Piton and Théobald 1939 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: L. Piton and N. Théobald. 1939. Poissons, crustacés et insectes fossiles de l'Oligocène du Puy-de-Mur (Auvergne). Mémoires de la Société des Sciences du Nancy 4:77-123

Belongs to Limnophila according to L. Piton and N. Théobald 1939

Sister taxa: Limnophila (Burmolimnophila), Limnophila (Limnophila), Limnophila (Prionolabis), Limnophila brevipetiolata, Limnophila elegans, Limnophila furcata, Limnophila longipes, Limnophila marklae, Limnophila montana, Limnophila pterotrichia, Limnophila rhenana, Limnophila rogersii, Limnophila samlandica, Limnophila skwarrae, Limnophila statzi, Limnophila umbonata, Limnophila vasta, Limnophila veterana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Puy-Saint-Jean, which is in an Oligocene crater lake limestone in France

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Puy-Saint-Jean

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