Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: I. Kania‑Kłosok, W. Krzemiński, and A. Arillo. 2021. Two new long‑rostrum cranefly species from the Cretaceous Iberian amber (Diptera, Limoniidae, Helius). Scientific Reports 11(12851)
Belongs to Helius according to I. Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Helius (Helius), Helius anetae, Helius botswanensis, Helius constenius, Helius formosus, Helius fossilis, Helius gedanicus, Helius hoffeinsorum, Helius krzeminskii, Helius lebanensis, Helius linus, Helius minutus, Helius miocenicus, Helius mutus, Helius pulcher, Helius similis, Helius stavropolensis, Helius tenerus, Helius turolensis, Helius verticillis, Helius weigandi, Rhamphidia minuta
Type specimen: MCNA 9946, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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