Ormosia (Oreophila) skwarrae Alexander 1931 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Ormosia skwarrae

Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1931. Crane-flies of the Baltic Amber (Diptera). Bernstein-Forschungen 2:1-135

Belongs to Ormosia (Oreophila) according to S. Podenas 1999

See also Alexander 1931

Sister taxa: Ormosia (Oreophila) abava, Ormosia (Oreophila) beurleni, Ormosia (Oreophila) divina, Ormosia (Oreophila) divulgata, Ormosia (Oreophila) electrella, Ormosia (Oreophila) illibata, Ormosia (Oreophila) indago, Ormosia (Oreophila) jurate, Ormosia (Oreophila) longipalpa, Ormosia (Oreophila) tornquisti

Type specimen: Klebs 2542, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Lithuania (1 collection), the Russian Federation (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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