†Succinatherix setifera Stuckenberg 1974 (water snipe fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Athericidae
Full reference: B. R. Stuckenberg. 1974. A new genus and two new species of Athericidae (Diptera) in Baltic amber. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(1):275-288
Belongs to Succinatherix according to B. R. Stuckenberg 1974
Sister taxon: Succinatherix avita
Type specimen: BMNH In. 18676, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (BMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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