†Leia platypus Loew 1850 (fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Alternative combination: Leja platypus
Full reference: H. Loew. 1850. Ueber den Bernstein und die Bernsteinfauna. Programm der K. Realschule Meseritz 1850:1-44
Belongs to Leia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Evenhuis 1994, Johannsen 1909 and Loew 1850
Sister taxa: 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 vetusta
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Berendt collection (Eocene of Poland)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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