†Pericoma primaeva Cockerell 1915 (moth fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Alternative combination: Psychoda primaeva
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499
Belongs to Pericoma according to D. Azar 2019
See also Cockerell 1915
Sister taxa: Pericoma minuta, Pericoma speciosa
Type specimen: USNM 61441, a wing. 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:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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