Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: A. Nel, Z. Perreau, and G. Doitteau. 2016. The oldest representative of the modern snipe fly genus Symphoromyia (Diptera: Rhagionidae). Zootaxa 4196:144-150
Belongs to Symphoromyia according to A. Nel et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Atherix angustifrons, Atherix pelecocera, Symphoromyia clerci, Symphoromyia evecta, Symphoromyia examinata, Symphoromyia marginata, Symphoromyia subtrita, Symphoromyia succini, Symphoromyia tertiarica
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A57537, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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