Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae
Alternative combination: Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) diluta
Full reference: S. Podenas. 2001. Trichoceridae (Diptera) from Baltic amber (Eocene) in the collection of the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 124:131-147
Belongs to Trichocera (Trichocera) according to E. Krzemińska et al. 2009
See also Podenas 2001
Sister taxa: Trichocera (Trichocera) anbar, Trichocera (Trichocera) antiqua, Trichocera (Trichocera) bona, Trichocera (Trichocera) cerea, Trichocera (Trichocera) primaeva
Type specimen: MHNN 1174, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (MHNN Neuchatel collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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