Myolepta valida Hull 1945 (hover fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Alternative combination: Myiolepta valida

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 germanica, Myolepta luehei, Myolepta woteni

Type specimen: Konigsberg H104, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg 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

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