Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: A. Nel, S. Legal, and P. Coster. 2022. A new species of the March fly genus Dilophus Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Bibionidae) from the Oligocene of Provence (France). Palaeoentomology 5:347-353
Belongs to Dilophus according to A. Nel et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Dilophus anasiformis, Dilophus andrewrossi, Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus duerrenfeldti, Dilophus flavipes, Dilophus idanos, Dilophus krantzii, Dilophus luteipennis, Dilophus magnus, Dilophus matilei, Dilophus palaeofebrilis, Dilophus pinguis, Dilophus plionanus, Dilophus priscus, Dilophus pumilio, Dilophus succineus
Type specimen: PNRL 2243, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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