†Nephrocerus oligocenicus Carpenter and Hull 1939 (big-headed fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Pipunculidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter and F. M. Hull. 1939. The fossil Pipunculidae. Bernstein-Forschungen 4:8-17
Belongs to Nephrocerus according to M. L. Aczél 1948
See also Carpenter and Hull 1939
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Konigsberg D9, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection
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