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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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