Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: W. Krzemiński. 2019. Superfamily Tipuloidea, Scatopsoidea, Anisopodoidea, in True flies (Insecta: Diptera) from the late Eocene insect limestone (Bembridge Marls) of the Isle of Wight, England, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:495-554

Belongs to Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) according to W. Krzemiński 2019

Sister taxa: Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) alexandri, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) aliena, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) brodiei, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chiapa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) ewa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) excavata, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) fera, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) freiwaldi, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) gorskii, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) graciosa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) grandis, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) indica, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) kalandyki, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) lema, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) lobata, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) meunieri, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) mexa, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) perpendicularis, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) sinuata, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) succinica, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) vella

Type specimen: NHMUK I.9058, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.