Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: V. Ngô-Muller, R. Garrouste, and A. Nel. 2019. Taxonomic names, in The first representative of the fly genus Trentepohlia subgenus Mongoma in amber from the Miocene of Sumatra (Diptera: Limoniidae). Historical Biology 33:254-257

Belongs to Trentepohlia (Mongoma) according to V. Ngô-Muller et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Mongoma fragillima, Trentepohlia (Mongoma) cruciferella, Trentepohlia (Mongoma) pallescens

Type specimen: JMP 2365, an exoskeleton (wing). Its type locality is Sumatran amber, Sinamar area (Pouillon collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Indonesia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sumatran amber, Sinamar area (Pouillon collection)

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