Sylvicola splendida Meunier 1904 (wood gnat)

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, 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

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