Erioptera (Mesocyphona) Osten Sacken 1869 (crane fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: C. R. Osten Sacken. 1869. Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part IV. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 8(219):1-345
Parent taxon: Erioptera according to S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar 2012
See also Osten Sacken 1869
Sister taxa: Erioptera (Erioptera), Erioptera danae, Erioptera fasciipennis, Erioptera lutea, Erioptera oligocaenica, Erioptera pagasti
Subtaxa: Erioptera (Mesocyphona) beata Erioptera (Mesocyphona) divera Erioptera (Mesocyphona) sherry
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene of Mexico)