Alternative combinations: Leptosciarella infausta, Trichosia (Leptosciarella) infausta
Full reference: W. Mohrig and F. Röschmann. 1994. Revision der Trauermücken-Typen von Loew und Meunier aus dem Baltischen Bernstein (Diptera, Sciaridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 41:79-136
Belongs to Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) according to W. Mohrig and F. Röschmann 2005
See also Menzel and Mohrig 2000 and Mohrig and Röschmann 1994
Sister taxa: Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) botuli, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) macrociliata, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) manifesta, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) microacantha, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) microciliata, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) orientalis, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) protorotunda, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) pseudorecens, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) resinae, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) tertiaria
Type specimen: GZG Z3890, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection
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