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 G. C. Ribeiro and E. D. Lukashevich 2014
Sister taxa: Leptotarsus (Longurio), Leptotarsus (Macromastix), Leptotarsus acciolii, Leptotarsus alemaoi, Leptotarsus andradei, Leptotarsus bonifacioi, Leptotarsus buscalioniae, Leptotarsus capanemai, 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 martinsnetoi, Leptotarsus pereirai, Leptotarsus petrii, Leptotarsus reyi, Leptotarsus ribeiroi, Leptotarsus velosoi
Type specimen: MCCM LH 15419, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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