Palaeoplatyura loewi Meunier 1922 (predatory fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Alternative combination: Palaeoplatyura loevi

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1922. Nouvelle contribution à la monographie des "Mycetophilidae" (Ceratoplatinae, Mycetophilinae et Sciophilinae) de l'ambre de la Baltique. Revue Scientifique du Bourbonnais et du Centre de la France 1922(4):114-120

Belongs to Palaeoplatyura according to N. L. Evenhuis 2006

See also Meunier 1922 and Meunier 1923

Sister taxa: Palaeoplatyura eocenica, Palaeoplatyura macrocera, Paleoplatyura agnieszkae, Paleoplatyura macrocera, Paleoplatyura magnifica, Paleoplatyura miae

Type specimen: 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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