†Lygistorrhina caribbiana Grund 2012 (long beaked fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Full reference: M. Grund. 2012. A long-beaked fungus gnat in Dominican amber (Diptera: Lygistorrhinidae). Annales Zoologici 62:639-642
Belongs to Lygistorrhina according to M. Grund 2012
Sister taxon: Lygistorrhina indica
Type specimen: SMNS Do-3187-W, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll)
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