Full reference: G. C. Ribeiro, R. R. Santos, and D. Santos. 2021. Four new species of the genus Leptotarsus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Insecta: Diptera: Tipulidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 123(104776)
Belongs to Leptotarsus according to G. C. Ribeiro et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Leptotarsus (Longurio), Leptotarsus (Macromastix), Leptotarsus acciolii, Leptotarsus alemaoi, Leptotarsus andradei, Leptotarsus bonifacioi, Leptotarsus buscalioniae, Leptotarsus capanemai, Leptotarsus contractus, Leptotarsus coutoi, Leptotarsus cretaceus, Leptotarsus eva, Leptotarsus feijoi, Leptotarsus ferreirai, Leptotarsus grimaldii, Leptotarsus ibericus, Leptotarsus ivoneae, Leptotarsus lagosi, Leptotarsus lemeae, Leptotarsus lemesi, Leptotarsus lukashevichae, Leptotarsus macquarti, Leptotarsus martinsnetoi, Leptotarsus pereirai, Leptotarsus petrii, Leptotarsus reyi, Leptotarsus ribeiroi, Leptotarsus velosoi
Type specimen: IGC-USP GP-1E-10084, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (IGC-USP collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (IGC-USP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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