Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: G. C. Ribeiro. 2003. A new fossil Helius (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Burmese amber. Studia Dipterologica 9:403-408
Belongs to Helius according to G. C. Ribeiro 2003
Sister taxa: Helius (Helius), Helius anetae, Helius botswanensis, Helius constenius, Helius formosus, Helius fossilis, Helius gedanicus, Helius hispanicus, Helius hoffeinsorum, Helius lebanensis, Helius linus, Helius minutus, Helius miocenicus, Helius mutus, Helius pulcher, Helius similis, Helius stavropolensis, Helius tenerus, Helius turolensis, Helius verticillis, Helius weigandi, Rhamphidia minuta
Type specimen: AMNH Bu-136, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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