Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) pseudorecens Röschmann and Mohrig 1995 (dark-winged fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Alternative combinations: Leptosciarella pseudorecens, Trichosia (Leptosciarella) pseudorecens

Full reference: F. Röschmann and W. Mohrig. 1995. Die Trauermücken des Sächsischen Bernsteins aus dem Untermiozän von Bitterfeld/Deutschland (Diptera, Sciaridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 42:17-54

Belongs to Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) according to W. Mohrig and F. Röschmann 2005

See also Menzel and Mohrig 2000 and Röschmann and Mohrig 1995

Sister taxa: Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) botuli, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) infausta, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) macrociliata, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) manifesta, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) microacantha, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) microciliata, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) orientalis, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) protorotunda, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) resinae, Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) tertiaria

Type specimen: MfN MB.I 970, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection)

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