Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Limnobia spilota
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum - VI. Oligocene insects from Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 7:453-480
Belongs to Limonia according to W. Krzemiński 2019
See also Cockerell 1921 and Evenhuis 1994
Sister taxa: Limonia albertensis, Limonia antiqua, Limonia cingulata, Limonia deferi, Limonia deleta, Limonia dillonae, Limonia formosa, Limonia horioni, Limonia luca, Limonia murchisoni, Limonia pertinax, Limonia skalskii, Limonia tenuis, Limonia theobaldi, Limonia vetusta
Type specimen: BMNH In. 17114, a wing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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