Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Alternative combination: Metaxybittacus eximius
Synonym: Palaeolimnobia maculosa Bode 1953
Full reference: A. Bode. 1953. Die Insektenfauna des Ostniedersachsischen Oberen Lias. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 103:1-375
Belongs to Eoptychoptera according to E. D. Lukashevich and A. Arillo 2016
See also Bode 1953, Lukashevich et al. 1998 and Willmann 1978
Sister taxa: Eoptychoptera aequidistans, Eoptychoptera altaica, Eoptychoptera ansorgei, Eoptychoptera asiatica, Eoptychoptera aucta, Eoptychoptera braziliana, Eoptychoptera britannica, Eoptychoptera cantabrica, Eoptychoptera cretacea, Eoptychoptera elevata, Eoptychoptera fasbenderi, Eoptychoptera jiyuanensis, Eoptychoptera jurassica, Eoptychoptera longifurcata, Eoptychoptera magna, Eoptychoptera maxima, Eoptychoptera modica, Eoptychoptera paramaculata, Eoptychoptera shurabica, Eoptychoptera simplex, Eoptychoptera spectra, Eoptychoptera tempestilla, Eoptychoptera vitrea
Type specimens:
- Eoptychoptera eximia: GPIC Cl 352, a wing
- Palaeolimnobia maculosa: GZG 402-32, a wing.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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