†Paleothrypticus eocenicus Ngô-Muller et al. 2020 (long-legged fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: V. Ngô-Muller, R. Garrouste, and A. Nel. 2020. The oldest long-legged fly of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Early Eocene of France. Palaeoentomology 3:173-179
Belongs to Paleothrypticus according to V. Ngô-Muller et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A71320, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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