†Hexatoma (Eriocera) plastica Alexander 1931 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Eriocera plastica
Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1931. Crane-flies of the Baltic Amber (Diptera). Bernstein-Forschungen 2:1-135
Belongs to Hexatoma (Eriocera) according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Alexander 1931
Sister taxa: Hexatoma (Eriocera) palpata, Hexatoma (Eriocera) serafini
Type specimen: BMNH 18699, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (BMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (BMNH coll)
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