Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: I. Kania. 2015. Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene): the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860. PLoS One 10(2):e0117434
Belongs to Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) according to I. Kania‑Kłosok and W. Krzemiński 2021
See also Kania 2015
Sister taxa: Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) baltica, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) bozenae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) brevipalpa, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) christelae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) grata, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) longirostris, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pulchella
Type specimen: ISEA MP/3324, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, ISEA Krakow collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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