Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Elephantomyia baltica

Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1931. Crane-flies of the Baltic Amber (Diptera). Bernstein-Forschungen 2:1-135

Belongs to Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) according to I. Kania‑Kłosok and W. Krzemiński 2021

See also Alexander 1931 and Kania 2015

Sister taxa: Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) bozenae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) brevipalpa, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) christelae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) grata, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) irinae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) longirostris, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pulchella

Type specimen: Klebs 282, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Klebs collection

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