Myolepta germanica Hull 1945 (hover fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Alternative combination: Myiolepta germanica

Full reference: F. M. Hull. 1945. A revisional study of the fossil Syrphidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 95:251-355

Belongs to Myolepta according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Hull 1945

Sister taxa: Myolepta (Arctolepta), Myolepta (Sericolepta), Myolepta andreei, Myolepta elisabethae, Myolepta luehei, Myolepta valida, Myolepta woteni

Type specimen: Konigsberg B435 II, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection

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