Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: V. Blagoderov. 2019. Superfamily Sciaroidea, 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 Palaeoempalia according to V. Blagoderov 2019
Sister taxa: Palaeoempalia broeckii, Palaeoempalia brongniarti, Palaeoempalia crassipes, Palaeoempalia cylindrica, Palaeoempalia interrupta, Palaeoempalia mutabilis, Palaeoempalia notata, Palaeoempalia ornata, Palaeoempalia servata, Palaeoempalia succini, Palaeoempalia urbana, Sciobia quadrangularis, Sciobia spinosa
Type specimen: NHMUK I.9360, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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