Palaepangonius finchi Mostovski et al. 2003 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera

Alternative combination: Athericites finchi

Full reference: M. B. Mostovski, E. A. Jarzembowski, and R. A. Coram. 2003. Horseflies and Athericids (Diptera: Tabanidae, Athericidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Transbaikalia. Paleontological Journal 37(2):162-169

Belongs to Palaepangonius according to D. A. Grimaldi 2016

See also Mostovski et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Palaepangonius eupterus, Palaepangonius glossa, Palaepangonius gordoni, Palaepangonius kensmithi, Palaepangonius sellwoodi, Palaepangonius zazicola

Type specimen: BMB 023836/023837, a wing. Its type locality is Clockhouse Brickworks (BMB collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal sandstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Clockhouse Brickworks (BMB collection)

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