Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: A. Nel, F. M. Collomb, and A. Waller. 2019. Superfamily Bibionoidea, 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 Dilophus according to A. Nel et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus cerestensis, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus idanos, Dilophus krantzii, Dilophus luteipennis, Dilophus matilei, Dilophus palaeofebrilis, Dilophus pinguis, Dilophus priscus, Dilophus pumilio, Dilophus succineus
Type specimen: NHMUK I.9073/I.9235, 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:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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