†Amblypsilopus monicae Bickel 2016 (long-legged fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: D. J. Bickel. 2016. Taxonomic names, in The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Mexican amber. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 68:11-21
Belongs to Amblypsilopus according to D. J. Bickel 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMNS Mx 254, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber (SMNS collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in the Mazantic Shale Formation of Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (SMNS collection)
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