Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Miopsiloptera savtshenkoi

Full reference: G. Gentilini. 1986. Limoniidae and Trichoceridae (Diptera, Nematocera) from the Upper Miocene of Monte Castellaro (Pesaro, Central Italy). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 11:171-190

Belongs to Symplecta (Psiloconopa) according to W. Krzemiński and G. Gentilini 1992

See also Gentilini 1986

Sister taxa: Symplecta (Psiloconopa) gracilis, Symplecta (Psiloconopa) gurnetensis, Symplecta (Psiloconopa) penalveri

Type specimen: NHMV, an exoskeleton (male fly). Its type locality is Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection), which is in a Messinian lagoonal marl in the Gessoso-solfifera Formation of Italy.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection)

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