Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Alternative combination: Polyxena hastata

Full reference: G. Statz. 1944. Neue Dipteren (Nematocera) aus dem Oberoligocan von Rott. 2. Familie Fungivoridae (Pilzmuchen). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 95:67-92

Belongs to Cordyla according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Evenhuis 1994 and Statz 1944

Sister taxa: Cordyla antiqua, Cordyla furcula, Cordyla limnoria, Cordyla mycotheriformis, Cordyla renuda, Cordyla rhenana, Cordyla subaperta, Cordyla vetusta, Polyxena rhenana, Polyxena calcarata

Type specimen: LACMIP 3666, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.