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 anasiformis, Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus cerestensis, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus duerrenfeldti, Dilophus flavipes, Dilophus idanos, Dilophus krantzii, Dilophus luteipennis, Dilophus magnus, Dilophus matilei, Dilophus palaeofebrilis, Dilophus pinguis, Dilophus plionanus, 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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