Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Alternative combinations: Anisopus splendidus, Rhyphus splendidus
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1904. Beitrag zur Fauna der Bibioniden, Simuliden und Rhyphiden des Bernsteins. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt und Bergakadamie 24:392-404
Belongs to Sylvicola according to M. Wojtoń et al. 2018
See also Edwards 1928, Evenhuis 1994 and Meunier 1904
Sister taxa: Sylvicola baltica, Sylvicola cadaver, Sylvicola carolae, Sylvicola fenestralis, Sylvicola harrisi, Sylvicola hoffeinsorum, Sylvicola hooleyi, Sylvicola maculata, Sylvicola prisca, Sylvicola problematica, Sylvicola silibrarius, Sylvicola thiriona, Sylvicola vacherensis, Lycoria chrysitis, Lycoria (Neosciara)
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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