Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Alternative spelling: Leja
Synonyms: Glaphyroptera Winnertz 1863, Neoglaphyroptera Osten Sacken 1878
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil 1-332
Parent taxon: Leiini according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Aldrich 1905, Blagoderov 2019, Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Johannsen 1909, Loew 1850, Matile 1989, Statz 1944 and Theobald 1937
Sister taxon: Temaleia
Subtaxa: Leia aberrans Leia crassipalpis Leia crassiuscula Leia curvipetiolata Leia exhumata Leia frequens Leia gracillima Leia gurnardensis Leia longipalpis Leia longipes Leia longipetiolata Leia miocenica Leia platypus Leia vetusta
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (2 collections), Germany (3)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 10 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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