Mesorhaga Schiner 1868 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Full reference: I. R. Schiner. 1868. Diptera. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologische Theil. Zweiter Band, I Abtheilung, B - 1 1-388

Parent taxon: Sciapodinae according to D. J. Bickel 2016

See also Aldrich 1905, Schiner 1868 and Solórzano Kraemer 2007

Sister taxa: Amblypsilopus, Sciapus, Wheelerenomyia

Subtaxa: Mesorhaga pseudolacrymans

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (SMNS collection) (Miocene of Mexico)

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