Asilus trichurus Meunier 1899 (robber fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1899. Révision des diptères fossiles types de Loew conservés au Musée Provincial de Koenigsberg. Miscellanea Entomologica 7:169-182

Belongs to Asilus according to F. Meunier 1899

See also Loew 1850

Sister taxa: Asilus amelanchieris, Asilus angustialius, Asilus angustifrons, Asilus antiquus, Asilus bicolor, Asilus brunneitibius, Asilus curculionis, Asilus deperditus, Asilus florissantinus, Asilus gurnetensis, Asilus palaeolestes, Asilus peritulus, Asilus sannoisiensis, Asilus wickhami

Type specimen: Konigsberg 14494 VI 8334., 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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