Full reference: G. C. Ribeiro and E. D. Lukashevich. 2014. New Leptotarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil and Spain: the oldest members of the family Tipulidae (Diptera). Zootaxa 3753:347-363
Belongs to Leptotarsus according to W. Krzemiński et al. 2017
See also Ribeiro and Lukashevich 2014
Sister taxa: Leptotarsus (Longurio), Leptotarsus (Macromastix), Leptotarsus acciolii, Leptotarsus alemaoi, Leptotarsus andradei, Leptotarsus bonifacioi, Leptotarsus buscalioniae, Leptotarsus capanemai, Leptotarsus contractus, Leptotarsus coutoi, Leptotarsus cretaceus, Leptotarsus eva, Leptotarsus feijoi, Leptotarsus ferreirai, Leptotarsus gelhausi, Leptotarsus grimaldii, Leptotarsus ibericus, Leptotarsus ivoneae, Leptotarsus lagosi, Leptotarsus lemeae, Leptotarsus lemesi, Leptotarsus lukashevichae, Leptotarsus macquarti, Leptotarsus pereirai, Leptotarsus petrii, Leptotarsus reyi, Leptotarsus ribeiroi, Leptotarsus velosoi
Type specimen: MZUSP 1580, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (MZUSP collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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