Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Elephantomyia grata
Full reference: S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar. 2001. New crane flies (Diptera: Tipulidae, Limoniidae) from Dominican and Mexican amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103(4):863-878
Belongs to Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) according to I. Kania‑Kłosok and W. Krzemiński 2021
See also Kania 2015, Kopeć et al. 2016 and Podenas and Poinar 2001
Sister taxa: Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) baltica, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) bozenae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) brevipalpa, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) christelae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) irinae, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) longirostris, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pulchella
Type specimen: Poinar D-7-39C, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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