Full reference: D. Santos, I. S. Carvalho, and G. C. Ribeiro. 2022. A cranefly rendezvous: The highest known Mesozoic diversity of Tipulidae (Insecta: Diptera) in the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of NE Brazil. Cretaceous Research 142(105372)
Belongs to Leptotarsus according to D. Santos et al. 2022
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 gelhausi, Leptotarsus grimaldii, Leptotarsus ibericus, Leptotarsus ivoneae, Leptotarsus lagosi, Leptotarsus lemeae, Leptotarsus lukashevichae, Leptotarsus macquarti, Leptotarsus martinsnetoi, Leptotarsus pereirai, Leptotarsus petrii, Leptotarsus reyi, Leptotarsus ribeiroi, Leptotarsus velosoi
Type specimen: UFRJ-DG 865ins, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (UFRJ-DG collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (UFRJ-DG collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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