Insecta - Diptera - Pipunculidae

Full reference: C. Kehlmaier and J. H. Skevington. 2014. Taxonomic names, in Micro-CT studies of amber inclusions reveal internal genitalic features of big-headed flies, enabling a systematic placement of Metanephrocerus Aczél, 1948 (Insecta: Diptera: Pipunculidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 72:23-36

Belongs to Metanephrocerus according to C. Kehlmaier and J. H. Skevington 2014

Sister taxa: Metanephrocerus belgardeae, Metanephrocerus collini, Metanephrocerus hoffeinsorum

Type specimen: Groehn DB 1895, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection

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