†Thaumastoptera ryszardi Krzemiński 1985 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: W. Krzemiński. 1985. Limoniidae (Diptera, Nematocera) from Baltic amber (in the collection of the Museum of the Earth in Warsaw) Part 1. Subfamily Limoniinae. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 37:113-117
Belongs to Thaumastoptera according to I. Kania 2015
See also Krzemiński 1985
Sister taxa: Thaumastoptera calceata, Thaumastoptera electra, Thaumastoptera shinaqi, Thaumastoptera undulata
Type specimen: MZ 6545, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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