Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Alternative combinations: Mycomya helmi, Sciophila helmi
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1904. Monographie des Cecidomyidae, des Sciaridae, des Mycetophilidae et des Chironomidae de l'ambre de la Baltique. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 28:12-275
Belongs to Mycomya according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Evenhuis 1994, Johannsen 1909 and Meunier 1904
Sister taxa: Mycomya (Mycomya), Mycomya aristei, Mycomya cockerelli, Mycomya crassicornis, Mycomya curvithoracis, Mycomya fossilis, Mycomya hoolei, Mycomya hubaulti, Mycomya kuhni, Mycomya lithomendax, Mycomya oblita, Mycomya palaeocenica, Mycomya peduncularis, Mycomya reisingeri, Mycomya subquadrata, Mycomya umbonata, Mycomya unicolor, Mycomya vetusta, Mycomyia fulvescens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection
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