†Sycorax longistyla Wagner et al. 2022 (moth fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Full reference: R. Wagner, P. Agnihotri, and H. Singh. 2022. A new species of Sycorax (Sycoracinae: Psychodidae) from the Lower Eocene amber of Tadkeshwar, Gujarat, India. Palaeoentomology 5:319-326
Belongs to Sycorax according to R. Wagner et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Sycorax neli, Sycorax peruensis, Sycorax prompta, Sycorax silacea, Sycorax tumultuosa, Sycorax ukrainensis
Type specimen: AMNH Tad 877, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection)
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