Insecta - Diptera - Simuliidae
Alternative combinations: Simulia importuna, Simulium importunum
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1904. Beitrag zur Fauna der Bibioniden, Simuliden und Rhyphiden des Bernsteins. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt und Bergakadamie 24:392-404
Belongs to Greniera according to A. Pielowska et al. 2018
See also Crosskey 2002, Evenhuis 1994, Meunier 1904 and Perkovsky and Sukhomlin 2015
Sister taxa: Greniera affinis, Greniera pulchella, Greniera ukrainica, Greniera yankovskyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg 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
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