Rhabdomastix brevis Alexander 1931 (crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) brevis

Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1931. Crane-flies of the Baltic Amber (Diptera). Bernstein-Forschungen 2:1-135

Belongs to Rhabdomastix according to S. Podenas 2006

See also Alexander 1931

Sister taxa: Rhabdomastix (Lurdia), Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix), Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix), Rhabdomastix borussica, Rhabdomastix frigida, Rhabdomastix grussica, Rhabdomastix hoffeinsi, Rhabdomastix labefactata, Rhabdomastix mastix, Rhabdomastix oligocaenica, Rhabdomastix ostensackeni, Rhabdomastix primogenitalis, Rhabdomastix profundi, Rhabdomastix pulcherrima, Rhabdomastix redophilax, Rhabdomastix scudderi, Rhabdomastix setix

Type specimen: Konigsberg 8122 VI 5110, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Lithuania (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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