†Efcookella eocenica Nel and Prokop 2004 (minute black scavenger fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae
Alternative combination: Cookella eocenica
Full reference: A. Nel and J. Prokop. 2004. New Paleogene Scatopsidae (Diptera: Nematocera) in amber from the Czech Republic and France. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 68:91-98
Belongs to Efcookella according to S. Bramuzzo et al. 2017
See also Nel and Prokop 2004
Sister taxon: Efcookella nigra
Type specimen: MNHN PA 2359, 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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