†Eristalis miocaenicus Stackelberg 1925 (hover fly)
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Alternative combinations: Helophilus miocaenicus, Tubifera miocaenica
Full reference: A. A. Stackelberg. 1925. Eine neuer fossiler Vertreter der Gattung Tubifera Mgn. (Diptera, Syrphidae). Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 19:89-90
Belongs to Eristalis according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Hull 1945 and Stackelberg 1925
Sister taxa: Eristalis lapideus, Eristalis paucisinuatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Stavropol (Bajarunas collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Stavropol (Bajarunas collection)
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