Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: K. Kopeć, I. Kania, and W. Krzemiński. 2016. New and little known crane-fly species of the genera Helius, Elephantomyia and Toxorhina (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Dominican and Mexican amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 19(2.25A):1-14

Belongs to Helius (Helius) according to K. Kopeć et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Helius (Helius) alavensis, Helius (Helius) collemus, Helius (Helius) edmundi, Helius (Helius) ewa, Helius (Helius) oosterbroeki, Helius (Helius) popovi, Helius (Helius) qinghai, Helius (Helius) spiralis, Helius (Helius) vectensis

Type specimen: USNM Brodzinsky/ Lopez-Penha 10938, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll)

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