Prohercostomus ciliatus Meunier 1907 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Alternative combinations: Hercostomus (Poecilobothrus) ciliatus, Poecilobothrus ciliatus

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1907. Monographie des Dolichopodidae de l’ambre de la Baltique, Part 3. Le Naturaliste, 2e Série 29:221-222

Belongs to Prohercostomus according to I. Y. Grichanov 2023

See also Evenhuis 1994, Meunier 1907 and Meunier 1908

Sister taxa: Prohercostomus bickeli, Prohercostomus devinctus, Prohercostomus gracilis, Prohercostomus interceptus, Prohercostomus intremulus, Prohercostomus inumbratus, Prohercostomus meunierianus, Prohercostomus minutus, Prohercostomus monotonus, Prohercostomus morbosus, Prohercostomus negotiosus, Prohercostomus noxialis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Klebs collection

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