†Mycetobia sylvieae Camier and Nel 2019 (wood gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Full reference: M. Camier and A. Nel. 2019. First Mycetobiinae of the lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France) (Diptera: Anisopodidae). Palaeoentomology 2:245-250
Belongs to Mycetobia according to M. Camier and A. Nel 2019
Sister taxa: Mycetobia antillea, Mycetobia christelae, Mycetobia connexa, Mycetobia cryptambra, Mycetobia hansi, Mycetobia myanmara, Mycetobia perkovskyi, Mycetobia silvia, Mycetobia szwedoi
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A71235, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
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