†Systenites splendidus Meunier 1907 (long-legged fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Alternative combinations: Rhaphium splendidum, Xiphandrium splendidum
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1907. Monographie des Dolichopodidae de l’ambre de la Baltique, Part 2. Le Naturaliste, 2e Série 29:209-211
Belongs to Systenites according to I. Y. Grichanov 2023
See also Evenhuis 1994, Grichanov et al. 2014, Meunier 1907, Meunier 1907 and Meunier 1908
Sister taxa: Systenites argutus, Systenites inclytus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Klebs collection
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