Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combinations: Elephantomyia brevipalpa, Toxorhina brevipalpa
Full reference: H. Loew. 1851. Beschreibung einiger neuen Tipularia terricola. Linnaea Entomologica 5:385-406
Belongs to Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) according to I. Kania‑Kłosok and W. Krzemiński 2021
See also Alexander 1931, Kania 2015, Loew 1851 and Meunier 1906
Sister taxa: Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) baltica, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) bozenae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) christelae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) grata, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) irinae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) longirostris, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pulchella
Type specimen: MfN MB.J 337, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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