Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Mesotipula slatteri
Full reference: K. Kopeć. 2018. A new species of Mesotipula (Limoniidae, Diptera) from the Lower Jurassic of England. Annales Zoologici 68:93-96
Belongs to Mesotipula (Mesotipula) according to K. Kopeć et al. 2020
See also Kopeć 2018
Sister taxa: Mesotipula (Mesotipula) brachyptera, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) lapidaria, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) mirabilis, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) siggiae, Mesotipula (Mesotipula) vicina
Type specimen: BMNH I.11311, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dumbleton, Gloucestershire (Brodie coll.), which is in a Toarcian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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