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 groehni
Type specimen: Hoffeins 1537-4, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
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