†Palaeosycorax molophilinus Edwards 1921 (moth fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Alternative combinations: Nemapalpus molophilinus, Nemopalpus molophilinus, Palaeosycorax molophilina
Full reference: F. W. Edwards. 1921. A note on the subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera Nematocera). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 7:437-439
Belongs to Palaeosycorax according to R. Wagner 2017
See also Edwards 1921, Hennig 1972 and Wagner 2006
Sister taxon: Palaeosycorax tertiariae
Type specimen: BMNH In. 18687, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (BMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (BMNH coll)
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