Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Alternative combination: Mycomyia fossilis
Full reference: G. Statz. 1944. Neue Dipteren (Nematocera) aus dem Oberoligocan von Rott. 2. Familie Fungivoridae (Pilzmuchen). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 95:67-92
Belongs to Mycomya according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Statz 1944
Sister taxa: Mycomya (Mycomya), Mycomya aristei, Mycomya cockerelli, Mycomya crassicornis, Mycomya curvithoracis, Mycomya helmii, Mycomya hoolei, Mycomya hubaulti, Mycomya kuhni, Mycomya lithomendax, Mycomya oblita, Mycomya palaeocenica, Mycomya peduncularis, Mycomya reisingeri, Mycomya subquadrata, Mycomya umbonata, Mycomya unicolor, Mycomya vetusta, Mycomyia fulvescens
Type specimen: LACMIP 3660, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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