†Leptogaster cerestensis Nel and Jouault 2022 (grass fly)
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Full reference: A. Nel and C. Jouault. 2022. A new fossil Leptogastrinae from the Oligocene of France (Diptera, Asilidae). Historical Biology 35:457-463
Belongs to Leptogaster according to A. Nel and C. Jouault 2022
Sister taxa: Leptogaster erecta, Leptogaster falloti, Leptogaster hellii, Leptogaster prior
Type specimen: Réserve Géologique du Lubéron N139, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Céreste (PNR Luberon collection), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Céreste (PNR Luberon collection)
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